These are upside-down swimming insects. I'm showing here 2 views from the top, and one view from underneath. This one is a real pretty white and pale greenish color.Frog Pond, Houghton, NY
Summary[edit] Description: English: A Common Backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) in Germany Deutsch: Gemeiner Rückenschwimmer (Notonecta glauca) in Deutschland. Date: 31 July 2008. Source: Own work. Author: Regani.
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Summary[edit] Description: Nederlands: Notonecta spec. (Notonectidae) (Bootsmannetje onbekend) - (nimf), Elst (Gld) - De Park, NederlandEnglish: Notonecta spec. (Notonectidae) - (nymph), Elst (Gld) - De Park, the Netherlands. Date: 17 May 2020. Source: : This image is uploaded as image number 26749344 at waarneming.nl, a source of nature observations in the Netherlands.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. , This site now requires authentication, however, the same image and copyright information is also available via https://world.observation.org/foto/view/26749344 since it uses the same data. Author: : This image is created by user B. Schoenmakers at waarneming.nl, a source of nature observations in the Netherlands.. Other versions: . Camera location51° 56′ 13.88″ N, 5° 50′ 50.96″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 51.937188; 5.847489.
Pelingen AL, Zettel H, Pangantihon CV, Aldaba KMD, Fatallo EK, de Leon JM, Freitag H (2020) Contributions to the knowledge of water bugs in Mindoro Island, Philippines, with a species checklist of Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e56883.
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Summary[edit] Description: English: An adult Notonect irrorata in a glass tube. Date: 24 January 2014, 12:18:01. Source: Own work. Author: Fredlyfish4. Camera location33° 35′ 15.51″ N, 102° 01′ 49.64″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 33.587642; -102.030456.
Petra Ditsche-Kuru, Erik S. Schneider, Jan-Erik Melskotte, Martin Brede, Alfred Leder and Wilhelm Barthlott
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Description: English: Selected air retaining body parts of Notonecta glauca: A,B) setae on the abdominal sternites; C,D) underside of the elytra with a dense cover of microtrichia; E,F) upper side of elytra with a hierarchical double structure of microtrichia and setae. Two different types of setae occur. In all pictures the caudal direction of the insect is on the right side. Date: 10 March 2011 (published). Source: Petra Ditsche-Kuru, Erik S. Schneider, Jan-Erik Melskotte, Martin Brede, Alfred Leder and Wilhelm Barthlott: Superhydrophobic surfaces of the water bug Notonecta glauca: a model for friction reduction and air retention. In: Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 137–144. doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.17 Open Access Journal. Author: Petra Ditsche-Kuru, Erik S. Schneider, Jan-Erik Melskotte, Martin Brede, Alfred Leder and Wilhelm Barthlott.
Summary[edit] Author: xpda. Description: Notonecta, Family: Backswimmers, ID Confidence: 85. Depicted place: Pryor, Mayes County, OK. Date: 26 June 2013. Credit line: Robert Webster / xpda.com / CC-BY-SA-4.0. References: Pictures from Earth, Notonecta. Source: Own work. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.