Ranatra fusca Palisot de Beauvois, 1820 is a animal in the Nepidae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Ranatra fusca Palisot de Beauvois, 1820
Ranatra fusca, the brown water scorpion, is a carnivorous North American water stick-insect in the Nepidae family.
Ranatra fusca is a water stick-insect that belongs to the family Nepidae. It is native to North America, and its common name is the brown water scorpion. Adult brown water scorpions generally reach a length of 3.2–4.2 cm (1.3–1.7 in). This species is carnivorous, and feeds on other insects and crustaceans. Individuals of Ranatra fusca are most common between spring and autumn.
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Curicta scorpio Stål, 1862
Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nepa apiculata Uhler, 1862
Laccotrephes tristis (Stål, 1854)
Ranatra quadridentata Stål, 1862
Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
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