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    Notonecta glauca, also known as the greater water-boatman or common backswimmer, is a species of aquatic insect in the family Notonectidae. This species...
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    1930 (South America) Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758 (Africa, Palearctic) Notonecta handlirschi Kirkaldy, 1897 (Australia) Notonecta hintoni Hungerford...
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    to Notonecta glauca, the back swimmer, but lesser waterboatmen are herbivores and swim on their fronts. They are not related to Notonecta glauca nor...
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    United Kingdom to distinguish species such as Corixa punctata from Notonecta glauca, or greater water-boatman, an insect of a different family, Notonectidae...
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  • a family known as water boatmen in the United States and Australia Notonecta glauca, a species known as the greater water boatman in the United Kingdom...
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  • Based on biological models (e.g. the floating ferns Salvinia, backswimmer Notonecta), biomimetic Salvinia-surfaces are used as drag reducing coatings (up...
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    also be used to sting in defence; some, like the common backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) of the Notonectidae can easily pierce the skin of humans and deliver...
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    The backswimmer Notonecta glauca underwater, showing its paddle-like hindleg adaptation...
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    types of fish. Other common predators include the common backswimmer (Notonecta glauca), common pondskater (Gerris lacustris), common toad (Bufo bufo), lesser...
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    is Notonecta – streamlined, deep-bodied bugs up to 1.6 cm (0.6 in) long, green, brown, or yellowish in colour. The common backswimmer, N. glauca, is...
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  • Ribautiana ulmi Cicada rosae – Edwardsiana rosae Notonecta glauca Notonecta striata – Sigara striata Notonecta minutissima – Micronecta minutissima Nepa grandis...
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  • aestivalis (Fabricius 1794) Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758 Notonecta obliqua Thunberg, 1787 Notonecta viridis Delcourt, 1909 Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794...
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    Naucoris maculatus Aphelocheirus aestivalis Notonecta glauca Notonecta maculata Notonecta obliqua Notonecta viridis Plea minutissima Mesovelia furcata...
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    beetle Gyrinus substriatus Water strider Gerris remigis Back swimmer Notonecta glauca Seismic communication Schwarz, J.S., Reichenbach, T., and Hudspeth...
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  • Ilyocoris cimicoides Nepa cinerea Ranatra linearis Notonecta glauca Notonecta maculata Notonecta obliqua Notonecta viridis Plea minutissima Aneurus avenius Aradus...
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