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Scenic City Oddities

Where Macabre meets Magical

Water scorpion spread Nepa rubra Specimen Entomology Oddities Curiosities craft

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Brand: Scenic City Oddities

Type: specimen

Insect Type: Water scorpion true bug

Material: biological

Handmade: Yes

Country of Origin: United States

This is the exact one you will be receiving.  

H30d Box 14   This is a water scorpion species.  As you can see, he is very strange looking and his wings are spread out!  This guy is approx. 4" x 3".  Please see last picture with ruler.  

Species: Nepa Rubra
 Nepa is a genus belonging to the family Nepidae, known as water scorpions. There are six species found in freshwater habitats in the Northern Hemisphere.

They are oval-bodied, aquatic insects with raptorial front legs. Like other members of the Nepidae, they have a pair of nonretractable cerci-like breathing tubes on the terminal abdominal segment, a characteristic which readily distinguishes them from the Belostomatidae. Their primary staples are other insects and small aquatic vertebrates. They can inflict a painful bite when handled.


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