Giant Water Bugs, Electric Light Bugs, Lethocerus, Abedus, Belostoma (Insecta: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)
The heteropteran family Belostomatidae contains the giant water bugs.These large, predatory, aquatic insects have the largest body size among the Heteroptera.Adults of some South American species reach 4 inches in length.Individuals occur in ponds and ditches where they suspend below the surface, respiring through two abdominal appendages which act