Waterbug
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Waterbug or Water bug can refer to any of several things:
True bugs
Cockroaches
Water Bug
also known to appear in cold weather.
True bugs
- The true water bugs (Nepomorpha), including such insects as giant water bugGiant water bugBelostomatidae is a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, electric-light bugs and Alligator Ticks . They are the largest insects in the order Hemiptera, and occur worldwide, with most of the species in North America, South America,...
s, creeping water bugs and backswimmers - Various other true bugs insects known collectively as water bugs
- HeteropteraHeteropteraHeteroptera is a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the Hemiptera. Sometimes called "true bugs", that name more commonly refers to Hemiptera as a whole, and "typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal alternative since among the Hemiptera the heteropterans are most consistently and...
Cockroaches
- The American cockroachAmerican cockroachThe American cockroach , also known as the waterbug, or misidentified as the palmetto bug , is the largest species of common cockroach, and often considered a pest. None of the Periplaneta species are endemic to the Americas; despite the name, P...
, Periplaneta americana - The Oriental cockroachOriental cockroachThe oriental cockroach is a large species of cockroach, measuring about in length at maturity. It is dark brown to black in colour and has a glossy body...
, Blatta orientalis
See also
- The record label, Waterbug RecordsWaterbug RecordsWaterbug Records is a small independent record label based in Glen Ellyn, Illinois specializing in singer-songwriters and traditional folk musicians who do original research. The label was founded as an artist cooperative label in 1992 by singer-songwriter Andrew Calhoun. Calhoun described the...
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Water Bug
also known to appear in cold weather.