Ranatra fusca

Ranatra fusca
	At Cincinnati Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Nepidae
Genus:	Ranatra
Species:	R. fusca
Binomial name
	Ranatra fusca; Palisot de Beauvois, 1820

Ranatra fusca is a water stick-insect in the family Nepidae, native to North America. It is known by the common name brown water scorpion.¹² It is generally 3.2–4.2 cm (1.3–1.7 in) long.³ They are carnivorous and feed on other insects and crustaceans. They are most common from spring to autumn.

References

Rantra fusca. itis.gov Accessed 2010-11-27.
Packauskas, Richard Jaunutis & McPherson, J. E. (1986). "Life history and laboratory rearing of Ranatra fusca (Hemiptera: Nepidae) with descriptions of immature stages". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 79 (4): 566–571. doi:10.1093/aesa/79.4.566. Abstract
R.G. Bland; H.E. Jaques (2010). How to Know the Insects (3 ed.). Waveland Press, Inc. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-57766-684-4.

External links

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[1] Rantra fusca. itis.gov Accessed 2010-11-27.

[2] Packauskas, Richard Jaunutis & McPherson, J. E. (1986). "Life history and laboratory rearing of Ranatra fusca (Hemiptera: Nepidae) with descriptions of immature stages". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 79 (4): 566–571. doi:10.1093/aesa/79.4.566. Abstract

[Heckman2011-3] R.G. Bland; H.E. Jaques (2010). How to Know the Insects (3 ed.). Waveland Press, Inc. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-57766-684-4.

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