Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Pond Skater / Water Strider
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| Alandy7 |
Posted on 15-09-2017 22:38
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Member Location: Posts: 48 Joined: 04.08.11 |
I am finding it very difficult to even start searching for info on this insect. A friend suggested "Limnoporus rufoscutellatus" but was not really confident. Can anyone help please. photo taken in Shropshire, UK September. Alandy7 attached the following image:  [144.89Kb] Edited by Alandy7 on 15-09-2017 22:42 |
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 15-09-2017 23:00
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 Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
looks like Gerris to me. maybe Gerris argentatus do you have a specimen? John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| Alandy7 |
Posted on 16-09-2017 09:15
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Member Location: Posts: 48 Joined: 04.08.11 |
No specimen unfortunately. |
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 16-09-2017 20:52
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
I think it is a Gerris sp. The overall appearance matches Gerris better. I cannot go further without a specimen.
John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| empeejay |
Posted on 17-09-2017 20:29
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Member Location: Posts: 234 Joined: 15.05.06 |
I would say Aquarius paludum is more likely, based on the relative proportions of the antennal segments and the pale lateral stripe on the pronotum. |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 20-09-2017 09:54
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1173 Joined: 29.05.09 |
I agree with A. paludum. Typical long projections from the anal segment and macropterous.
atylotus attached the following image:  [177.49Kb] Edited by atylotus on 20-09-2017 10:00 |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 20-09-2017 13:39
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Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1173 Joined: 29.05.09 |
Huxley (2003) gives a distribution for this species in SE-England with records from Cambridgeshire, Essex, Bedfordshire, Herfortshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East- and West Sussex, North Hampshire, Surrey and West Kent. Although no records are shown for Shropshire, I don't think this species is new for this county. In The Netherlands A. paludum was very scarce 1-2 decades ago, but nowadays it is one of the commonest striders. This may also be the case in the UK. This map (https://species.n...0000527504) shows records from that area.
Edited by atylotus on 20-09-2017 13:40 |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 20-09-2017 13:43
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Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1173 Joined: 29.05.09 |
A free distributionmap for the Netherlands is freely available on RG: https://www.resea...ationTitle and on request I can send you a Dutch key for the Dutch species of Aquatic Heteroptera. |
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| Alandy7 |
Posted on 25-09-2017 15:23
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Member Location: Posts: 48 Joined: 04.08.11 |
Thank you all for your suggestions, sorry not to have replied sooner, but my "Notify me of reply" did not show any |
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