Ranatra fusca

Ranatra fusca
	At Cincinnati Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Nepidae
Genus:	Ranatra
Species:	R. fusca
Binomial name
	Ranatra fusca; Palisot de Beauvois, 1820

Ranatra fusca is a water stick-insect in the family Nepidae, native to North America. It is known by the common name brown water scorpion. It is generally 3.2–4.2 cm (1.3–1.7 in) long. They are carnivorous and feed on other insects and crustaceans. They are most common from spring to autumn.

References

↑ Rantra fusca. itis.gov Accessed 2010-11-27.
↑ Packauskas, Richard Jaunutis & McPherson, J. E. (1986). "Life history and laboratory rearing of Ranatra fusca (Hemiptera: Nepidae) with descriptions of immature stages". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 79 (4): 566–571. doi:10.1093/aesa/79.4.566. Abstract
↑ R.G. Bland; H.E. Jaques (2010). How to Know the Insects (3 ed.). Waveland Press, Inc. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-57766-684-4.

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[1] Rantra fusca. itis.gov Accessed 2010-11-27.

[2] Packauskas, Richard Jaunutis & McPherson, J. E. (1986). "Life history and laboratory rearing of Ranatra fusca (Hemiptera: Nepidae) with descriptions of immature stages". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 79 (4): 566–571. doi:10.1093/aesa/79.4.566. Abstract

[Heckman2011-3] R.G. Bland; H.E. Jaques (2010). How to Know the Insects (3 ed.). Waveland Press, Inc. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-57766-684-4.