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Index of Subjects --047d7bb70dd627f9ea04dd5599d3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I've only heard of one other report from a lobster pot (or other salt water source). Any idea how shallow the water was? Was it alive? Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 22 May 2013 18:43, <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca> wrote: > >A friend of mine who fishes lobsters in the Bras D'Or had one come up in > a trap a few days ago and asked for identification. Are they common in > salt water as well? > > For a few years, I've been working on an aquatic insect project. Today my > > student Mallory and I caught a number of Giant Water Bugs ( > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethocerus_americanus) and larger > Predaceous > > Diving Beetles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predaceous_diving_beetle). > > The > > bugs are also known as "toe-biters". I've never heard of any toes getting > > bit, they normally feed on tadpoles, salamanders and more. > > > > Mallory and I brought the live insects back to the lab and were working > > with one of the bugs...they grab onto you with their raptorial claws, > > which > > is mildly annoying, but then I saw the proboscis start to move - it > > pierced > > me before I knew it, and the pain it caused was akin to a mild or > moderate > > bee sting. And it lasted for a good five minutes. Years ago, I picked a > > backswimmer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backswimmer) out of a net and > > received a sharp bite (again, more of a piercing)...the bug bite today > was > > very similar to that. The two insects are both true bugs, but I've really > > no idea if the pain-causing agent is the same in both. > > > > Randy > > _________________________________ > > RF Lauff > > Way in the boonies of > > Antigonish County, NS. > > > > > --047d7bb70dd627f9ea04dd5599d3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I've only heard of one other report from a lobster pot= (or other salt water source). Any idea how shallow the water was? Was it a= live?<div><br></div><div style>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">= <br clear=3D"all"> <div>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of= <br>Antigonish County, NS.</div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 22 May 2013 18:43, <span dir=3D"ltr"= ><<a href=3D"mailto:bdigout@seaside.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">bdigout@sea= side.ns.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> >A friend of mine who fishes lobsters in the Bras D'Or had one come = up in<br> a trap a few days ago and asked for identification. =A0Are they common in<b= r> salt water as well?<br> <div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br> =A0For a few years, I've been working on an aquatic insect project. Tod= ay my<br> > student Mallory and I caught a number of Giant Water Bugs (<br> > <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethocerus_americanus" target= =3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethocerus_americanus</a>) and lar= ger Predaceous<br> > Diving Beetles (<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predaceous_div= ing_beetle" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predaceous_divin= g_beetle</a>).<br> > The<br> > bugs are also known as "toe-biters". I've never heard of= any toes getting<br> > bit, they normally feed on tadpoles, salamanders and more.<br> ><br> > Mallory and I brought the live insects back to the lab and were workin= g<br> > with one of the bugs...they grab onto you with their raptorial claws,<= br> > which<br> > is mildly annoying, but then I saw the proboscis start to move - it<br= > > pierced<br> > me before I knew it, and the pain it caused was akin to a mild or mode= rate<br> > bee sting. And it lasted for a good five minutes. Years ago, I picked = a<br> > backswimmer (<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backswimmer" targ= et=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backswimmer</a>) out of a net an= d<br> > received a sharp bite (again, more of a piercing)...the bug bite today= was<br> > very similar to that. The two insects are both true bugs, but I've= really<br> > no idea if the pain-causing agent is the same in both.<br> ><br> > Randy<br> > _________________________________<br> > RF Lauff<br> > Way in the boonies of<br> > Antigonish County, NS.<br> ><br> <br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> --047d7bb70dd627f9ea04dd5599d3--
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