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Hello,
My daughter (4 years old and loves bugs – which I think is so cool) and some friends found this bug in the water (there were quite a few of them) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Do you have any idea what it might be? I know the picture is not that great. Notes:
– This bug appeared to propel itself by blowing air out of its "rear-end" – no joke
– It looked like it was forming wings of some sort, so I am wondering if it is born
in the water, but eventually emerges as some type of a "fly"
– 6 legs
– fly-like eyes
– alive – so it positively lives in the water
– approx. 2 inches long
– buried itself in the sand for awhile
Any help you could give would be great. My daughter and her friends ask me every day if I found out what "bob the bug" is.
Thanks,
Sherry
Hi Sherry,
Bob the Bug is a Dragonfly Larva or Naiad. They do use a jet propulsion type of locomotion by shooting water out from the rear and propelling themselves forward. Feed Bob the Bug small aquatic insects and he will reward you with eventual metamorphosis into a winged Dragonfly.
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