Water scorpion  (Nepa cinerea)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hemiptera
Family Nepidae
Genus Nepa (1)
Size Length: 18 - 22 mm (2)
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Status

Common and widespread throughout Britain (2).