Ranatra fusca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Nepidae |
Genus: | Ranatra |
Species: | R. fusca
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Binomial name | |
Ranatra fusca Palisot de Beauvois, 1820
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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.[1][2] It is generally 3.2–4.2 cm (1.3–1.7 in) long.[3] They are carnivorous and feed on other insects and crustaceans. They are most common from spring to autumn.