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Water Scorpion eats Damselfly

Posted by May 6th, 2008 at 12:00 am

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Hi Bugman,
I love your site! I took this photo last July 15 in southeast Michigan. I was trying to get a shot of those damselflies when I noticed that weird thing under the lily pad that appeared to be eating one of them. It was in a small man-made pond at a botanical garden. I’m not even sure where to look for it in your archives, so I’m going straight to you. Any idea what it is?
Martha H.
Ann Arbor, M

hi Martha,
Wow, what an awesome image of a Water Scorpion in the genus Ranatra eating a Damselfly while other Damselflies sit unaware. Interestingly, this is the third photo of a Water Scorpion submitted to our site today.

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