Water bug: pond skater

This specimen was collected in the New Forest by F. Milton and was donated to the Museum in 1918. Pond skaters skate rapidly on the surface of still and slow moving water.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
4/1918/2
Category
Natural History
Collection Class
Arthropods
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Milton, F
Common Name
water bug: pond skater
Simple Name
insect: water bug

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GERRIDAE: Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773): river skater