Giant water bug: toe-biter
This bug will give a painful bite if handled. It swims using its hind legs while its forelegs are used for grasping prey. The toe-biter will inject digestive juices into the prey and then suck out the contents using its straw-like mouth parts.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 81/2003/1180
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collection Area Region
- Caribbean
- Collector Excavator
- Gay, Major Arthur Bertie (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- giant water bug: toe-biter
- Simple Name
- insect: bug
