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Index of Subjects > The one caught in the Bras D'Or lobster trap was in a trap set in 30-40 feet of water. It was alive and crawled over the fishernman's hand and posed for pictures. Then he threw it overboard where it was promptly consumed by a gull. The trap wasn't set near a river or brook run-off area, but around an island in the St.George's Channel area. Billy > 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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