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Index of Subjects Have heard of one case in estuarine waters - salinity was probably in the 10-15 ppt area. Have retrieved one from a minnow trap atabout 2 1/m depth --- as well as a water shrew in the same trap. Andrew ________________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of bdigout@seaside.ns.ca [bdigout@seaside.ns.ca] Sent: May-23-13 11:31 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Giant Water Bug bite - yowsers! >I'll inquire and get back to you. 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. >> > >> >> >> >
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