{"id":3991,"date":"2013-01-22T21:10:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T02:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/?page_id=3991"},"modified":"2024-05-06T15:02:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:02:30","slug":"giant-water-bug","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/giant-water-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Water Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-02GMD.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3711 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-02GMD-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"a Giant Water Bug\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a>The <strong>Giant Water Bug<\/strong> (<span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><em>Lethocerus americanus<\/em>)<\/span>, as its name suggests, is quite large (2 to 4 inches long), <em>and <\/em>aquatic.\u00a0 It is the largest member of the order Hemiptera (&#8220;true&#8221; bugs) in the US and Canada.\u00a0 These formidable bugs are also known by other common names, including Belostomatids <em>(they belong to the insect family Belostomatidae)<\/em>, Water Roaches, Toe-biters<em> (they can inflict a painful bite)<\/em>, and Electric-light bugs <em>(the adults can fly and are attracted to lights at night so they are often found in parking lots and near other bright lights such as porch lights)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Photos (adult Giant Water Bug):<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: 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srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-01GMD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-01GMD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3717'>\n\t\t\t\tGiant Water Bug (&#8220;Toe-biter&#8221;)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-03GMD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-03GMD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Giant Water Bug beside a U.S. quarter for size comparison\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-03GMD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-03GMD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3718'>\n\t\t\t\tGiant Water Bug (&#8220;Toe-biter&#8221;)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/GiantWaterBug-011317.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/GiantWaterBug-011317-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Giant Water Bug\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/GiantWaterBug-011317-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/GiantWaterBug-011317-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6756'>\n\t\t\t\tGiant Water Bug (&#8220;Toe-biter&#8221;)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/GiantWaterBug-04GMD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/GiantWaterBug-04GMD-150x150.jpg\" 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