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Water Strider

Scientific Name:

Family: Gerridae; Order: Heteroptera

Type:

Invertebrate

Habitat:

The surface of still bodies of water like lakes, ponds and streams as well as calmer areas of moving water such as eddys and pools on the edges of rivers

Range:

Across the continental United States in most bodies of freshwater

Status:

No listed status

This species is

NATIVE

to the Truckee Meadows.