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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Toe Biters</title>
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		<title>Toe-Biter</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/03/toe-biter-28/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks carnivorous to me&#8230;
March 3, 2010
Hey Bugman! I found this bug at work today and I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it!
I&#8217;m so very curious about this insect, but can&#8217;t ID it at all&#8230;
Hepler
Corvallis, Oregon
Hi Hepler,
Identification requests for Giant Water Bugs, commonly called Toe-Biters, are so frequent during the summer that we have put them on [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/04/21/toe-biter-15/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Toe-Biter'>Toe-Biter</a> <small>what is this bug? Please tell me what this beetle...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/03/22/como-se-dice-toe-biter-en-espanol/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: ?Como se dice &#8220;Toe Biter&#8221; en Espa'>?Como se dice &#8220;Toe Biter&#8221; en Espa</a> <small>Toe Biter? We saw this frightening thing while vacationing in...</small></li>
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		<title>Male Giant Water Bug Tends to eggs as female eats</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/25/male-giant-water-bug-tends-to-eggs-as-female-eats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/25/male-giant-water-bug-tends-to-eggs-as-female-eats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Eggs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 24, 2010
Giant Water Bugs
Hi, WTB,
I&#8217;ve been going through photos from last summer and I thought that you might be interested in some Giant Water Bug images that have a little more detail (including particulate gunk in the water &#8212; sorry for that) than is sometimes seen in field photographs.
The first image gives an idea [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/06/13/male-giant-water-bug-with-eggs/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Male Giant Water Bug with Eggs'>Male Giant Water Bug with Eggs</a> <small>Water bug with eggs (and others) Thanks for posting my...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/05/19/male-predatory-water-bug-with-eggs/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Male Predatory Water Bug with Eggs'>Male Predatory Water Bug with Eggs</a> <small>Toe Biter? Not sure but I guess its a Toe...</small></li>
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		<title>Giant Water Bug from Argentina</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/08/giant-water-bug-from-argentina/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/08/giant-water-bug-from-argentina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Toe Biters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is this bug?
February 7, 2010
Hi there, I have seen this bug for the first time in my life and in the two years I have been living in my place. I live in an apartment, first floor with a patio and some plants in pots. No grass or dirt. Even thou I have seen [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/05/19/6350/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Giant Water Bug Swarm'>Giant Water Bug Swarm</a> <small>Giant Water Bug swarm Hi, great site. I was at...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/09/19/giant-water-bug-16/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Giant Water Bug'>Giant Water Bug</a> <small>this bug? Good day, My Husband found these Bugs (about...</small></li>
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		<title>Water Scorpion found in Guppy Tank!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/10/water-scorpion-found-in-guppy-tank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/10/water-scorpion-found-in-guppy-tank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Type of bug needs I.D.
January 9, 2010
Just found this bug with an aquarium order I received this week. Found it in a tank with some guppies. I really have no idea what it is or how it came to be. I would appreciate it if you could identify it.
Scott
PA
Hi Scott,
This is a Water Scorpion in [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/09/23/water-scorpion-from-australia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Water Scorpion from Australia'>Water Scorpion from Australia</a> <small>Aquatic Mantid Like Creature from Australia Hi guys, congratulations on...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/31/water-scorpion-pummelled-to-death/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Water Scorpion pummelled to death'>Water Scorpion pummelled to death</a> <small>What is this thing? Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 7:26...</small></li>
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		<title>Giant Water Bug or Toe-Biter from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/30/giant-water-bug-or-toe-biter-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/30/giant-water-bug-or-toe-biter-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giant Bug in Rockhampton, Australia
December 30, 2009
Hi! I just found this picture in my photos from my Australia trip this year, and this bug I just can&#8217;t figure out. It can definitely survive in water ( we fished it out of the pool after a few hours and it flew away ), and it must [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/02/17/giant-water-bug-from-australia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Giant Water Bug from Australia'>Giant Water Bug from Australia</a> <small>wrongfully accused cockroach Earlier today at the ungodly hour of...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/09/23/water-scorpion-from-australia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Water Scorpion from Australia'>Water Scorpion from Australia</a> <small>Aquatic Mantid Like Creature from Australia Hi guys, congratulations on...</small></li>
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		<title>Toe-Biter</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/21/toe-biter-27/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/21/toe-biter-27/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scarabs invading our work.
October 20, 2009
These have been invading our work as of late, seemed to show up a couple days ago. Everyones intrest is peaked because they look so scary. We&#8217;ve got grown men screaming like little girls!
Springs going Boing
Southeast Michigan
Dear Springs going Boing,
Try turning off the lights at night as they may be [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/10/10/toe-biter-12/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Toe-Biter'>Toe-Biter</a> <small>who am I I found this guy walking across the...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/06/09/taunting-a-toe-biter-in-iraq/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Taunting a Toe-Biter in Iraq'>Taunting a Toe-Biter in Iraq</a> <small>Toe Biter My friend and I found this while walking...</small></li>
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		<title>Water Scorpion</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/23/water-scorpion-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/23/water-scorpion-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Similar to a Walkingstick
August 23, 2009
This looks like a walking stick but its legs are too close together. It was found in lake wicwas in meredith NH. When placed on shore it walked back to the lake where it held to a rock on the shoreline just under water. Seen at 1:15 pm on August [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/06/13/water-scorpions/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Water Scorpions'>Water Scorpions</a> <small>water scorpion? I found what I thought was a dead...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/04/17/water-scorpion-6/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Water Scorpion'>Water Scorpion</a> <small>We found it in the pool We found this in...</small></li>
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		<title>Immature Giant Water Bug</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/09/immature-giant-water-bug-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/09/immature-giant-water-bug-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Water Beetle?
August 9, 2009
Every year at my cottage me and my friends put together a small aquarium of insects and other animals that we find in our lake. This year we were surprised to catch something none of us had ever seen before. We thought at first that it was a baby Giant Water [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/08/20/giant-water-bug-14/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Giant Water Bug'>Giant Water Bug</a> <small>Bug Identification Hello, I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and...</small></li>
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		<title>Toe-Biter Smashed after biting Child</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/07/toe-biter-smashed-after-biting-child/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/07/toe-biter-smashed-after-biting-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just stung/bit my baby! What is it??
August 7, 2009
This bug was in the pool and could swim, it was hiding on the tile and bit/stung my son. His hand is swelling up but I dont know what it is to even start treating it. Please help!
Nicole
Orlando Florida
I just identified this same insect that bit/stung [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/11/assassin-bug-squashed/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Assassin Bug Squashed'>Assassin Bug Squashed</a> <small>Orange bug with striped legs Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at...</small></li>
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		<title>Toe-Biter</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/23/toe-biter-26/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is this? It looks like a cross between a roach, a moth, and a scorpion
July 22, 2009
Hi, in all my 29 years in Florida I have never seen a bug like this. We live in a wooded area with cypress and marsh behind us. I walked out of my house this morning to find [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/10/10/toe-biter-12/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Toe-Biter'>Toe-Biter</a> <small>who am I I found this guy walking across the...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/03/toe-biter-22/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Toe-Biter'>Toe-Biter</a> <small>Large unidentified beetle Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 4:58 PM...</small></li>
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