Common Backswimmer
 
Location: Calgary, AB
Date: Apr. 29,  2012
               
       Photo 3

Common Backswimmer - ventral side

Common Name:  Common Backswimmer

Latin Name:  Notonecta undulata Say, 1832
                  
     (R. Bercha, det.)

Length:  ~11 mm

Range: Throughout Alberta

Habitat:  Marshes, ponds & creeks

Time of year seen:  Summer

Diet: Insects, small fish

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