Happy Father's day as well to all the bug dads. Male water bugs, Belostomatidae, carry their partner's eggs around on their backs until they hatch, making sure the temperature and oxygen levels are acceptable, and the predators are at bay.
June 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy Father's day as well to all the bug dads. Male water bugs, Belostomatidae, carry their partner's eggs around on their backs until they hatch, making sure the temperature and oxygen levels are acceptable, and the predators are at bay.
Latest articles at the WJO: Insect richness in the stomach of a Nacunda Nighthawk. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Latest articles at the WJO: Insect richness in the stomach of a Nacunda Nighthawk. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From the current WJO issue: Insect richness in the stomach of a Nacunda Nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda). #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
From the current WJO issue: Insect richness in the stomach of a Nacunda Nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda). #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
The mamas look like giant walking aircraft carriers!
(📷: Getty Images/PhotoLibrary/John Cancalosi)
(📷: Getty Images/PhotoLibrary/John Cancalosi)
February 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The mamas look like giant walking aircraft carriers!
(📷: Getty Images/PhotoLibrary/John Cancalosi)
(📷: Getty Images/PhotoLibrary/John Cancalosi)
Belostomatidae!
Beetle Fly Encounter: You Died
Alt: A giant water bug stares you down, then flys directly at you. The text You Died appears on the screen in red letters.
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September 18, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Belostomatidae!
📰Barata d'água gigante pode devorar peixes e tartarugas
Encontrado em água doce, o predador integra a família de enormes percevejos aquáticos Belostomatidae.
Encontrado em água doce, o predador integra a família de enormes percevejos aquáticos Belostomatidae.
Barata d'água gigante pode devorar peixes e tartarugas
Encontrado em água doce, o predador integra a família de enormes percevejos aquáticos Belostomatidae
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April 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
📰Barata d'água gigante pode devorar peixes e tartarugas
Encontrado em água doce, o predador integra a família de enormes percevejos aquáticos Belostomatidae.
Encontrado em água doce, o predador integra a família de enormes percevejos aquáticos Belostomatidae.
... los ♂️ de varias especies de Belostomatidae (chinches acuáticas gigantes). Para asegurar que sus retoños llegan a buen puerto, estos padres devotos carretean los huevos en su espalda, típicamente sobre las alas, hasta el momento de su eclosión.
March 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
... los ♂️ de varias especies de Belostomatidae (chinches acuáticas gigantes). Para asegurar que sus retoños llegan a buen puerto, estos padres devotos carretean los huevos en su espalda, típicamente sobre las alas, hasta el momento de su eclosión.
Got into HK/Silksong just a wee bit............... just a bit..............
From left to right: Zik (a moth-shaped vessel), Geshuem (an average bug), Aper (a spider (no, not a weaver)) and Zrima (a Belostomatidae/stingray based higher being)
#art #digitalart #doodle #oc #hollowknightoc #silksongoc
From left to right: Zik (a moth-shaped vessel), Geshuem (an average bug), Aper (a spider (no, not a weaver)) and Zrima (a Belostomatidae/stingray based higher being)
#art #digitalart #doodle #oc #hollowknightoc #silksongoc
December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Got into HK/Silksong just a wee bit............... just a bit..............
From left to right: Zik (a moth-shaped vessel), Geshuem (an average bug), Aper (a spider (no, not a weaver)) and Zrima (a Belostomatidae/stingray based higher being)
#art #digitalart #doodle #oc #hollowknightoc #silksongoc
From left to right: Zik (a moth-shaped vessel), Geshuem (an average bug), Aper (a spider (no, not a weaver)) and Zrima (a Belostomatidae/stingray based higher being)
#art #digitalart #doodle #oc #hollowknightoc #silksongoc
Genus/Species: Belostomatidae
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
January 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Genus/Species: Belostomatidae
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
Genus/Species: Belostomatidae
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
June 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Genus/Species: Belostomatidae
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
Genus/Species: Belostomatidae
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
February 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Genus/Species: Belostomatidae
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
Subtitle: Giant water bugs
When looking up a bug @matheasagdahl.bsky.social found on her balcony in my entomology atlas, I found this 17 year old sketch nestled between the pages
#invertefest
#invertefest
October 1, 2023 at 12:56 PM
When looking up a bug @matheasagdahl.bsky.social found on her balcony in my entomology atlas, I found this 17 year old sketch nestled between the pages
#invertefest
#invertefest
Era uma barata dagua. Familia Belostomatidae
October 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Era uma barata dagua. Familia Belostomatidae
Could it have been a toe biter (Belostomatidae)?
August 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Could it have been a toe biter (Belostomatidae)?
This episode we are joined by Dr Scott Kight once again to talk about Belostomatidae. We initially planned to do this topic around Father's Day for reasons that will become apparent. Tangents include bears, science teachers, and that Coldplay concert.
Photo attributed to Frank Vassen from Wikipedia
Photo attributed to Frank Vassen from Wikipedia
August 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This episode we are joined by Dr Scott Kight once again to talk about Belostomatidae. We initially planned to do this topic around Father's Day for reasons that will become apparent. Tangents include bears, science teachers, and that Coldplay concert.
Photo attributed to Frank Vassen from Wikipedia
Photo attributed to Frank Vassen from Wikipedia
¡Por cierto! Las ♀️ de la especie Diplonychus rusticus (Filipinas, India, Australia) prefieren aparearse con ♂️ que ya cargan con algunos huevos, lo que significa que el cuidado paternal está bajo selección sexual: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
¡Feliz día del padre!
#diadelpadre
¡Feliz día del padre!
#diadelpadre
Female mate preference for egg-caring males in the giant water bug Diplonychus rusticus (Heteroptera Belostomatidae)
Paternal care can be maintained under sexual selection in case that it helps caring males to attract more mates. Females of two back-brooding water bug species, the belostomatids Appasus major and ...
www.tandfonline.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
¡Por cierto! Las ♀️ de la especie Diplonychus rusticus (Filipinas, India, Australia) prefieren aparearse con ♂️ que ya cargan con algunos huevos, lo que significa que el cuidado paternal está bajo selección sexual: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
¡Feliz día del padre!
#diadelpadre
¡Feliz día del padre!
#diadelpadre
You mean a Belostomatidae water bug? Those that swim and have two strong forelegs?
August 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
You mean a Belostomatidae water bug? Those that swim and have two strong forelegs?
galera é o seguinte.
Pycnogonida → MPREG
Belostomatidae → MPREG
Crinoidea → Cuzinho bicudo
Pycnogonida → MPREG
Belostomatidae → MPREG
Crinoidea → Cuzinho bicudo
June 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
galera é o seguinte.
Pycnogonida → MPREG
Belostomatidae → MPREG
Crinoidea → Cuzinho bicudo
Pycnogonida → MPREG
Belostomatidae → MPREG
Crinoidea → Cuzinho bicudo
My fave was googling the nickname for the giant prehistoric often hand or even nearly size 7 shoe sized insects known as alligator fleas or water bugs that are periodically found in my driveway and the sidewalk of the school I taught at. lol.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belosto...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belosto...
Belostomatidae - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 16, 2026 at 1:58 AM
My fave was googling the nickname for the giant prehistoric often hand or even nearly size 7 shoe sized insects known as alligator fleas or water bugs that are periodically found in my driveway and the sidewalk of the school I taught at. lol.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belosto...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belosto...
Todos os insetos são fodas, sem exceção. Porém confira estes:
- Curculionídeos
- Archeognatha
- Asilídeos
- Belostomatidae
- Streblidae
- Curculionídeos
- Archeognatha
- Asilídeos
- Belostomatidae
- Streblidae
February 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Todos os insetos são fodas, sem exceção. Porém confira estes:
- Curculionídeos
- Archeognatha
- Asilídeos
- Belostomatidae
- Streblidae
- Curculionídeos
- Archeognatha
- Asilídeos
- Belostomatidae
- Streblidae
