Waterbug
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Waterbug or Water bug can refer to any of several things:

True bugs
  • The true water bugs (Nepomorpha), including such insects as giant water bug
    Giant water bug
    Belostomatidae is a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, electric-light bugs and Alligator Ticks . They are the largest insects in the order Hemiptera, and occur worldwide, with most of the species in North America, South America,...

    s, creeping water bugs and backswimmers
  • Various other true bugs insects known collectively as water bugs
  • Heteroptera
    Heteroptera
    Heteroptera is a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the Hemiptera. Sometimes called "true bugs", that name more commonly refers to Hemiptera as a whole, and "typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal alternative since among the Hemiptera the heteropterans are most consistently and...



Cockroaches
  • The American cockroach
    American cockroach
    The American cockroach , also known as the waterbug, or misidentified as the palmetto bug , is the largest species of common cockroach, and often considered a pest. None of the Periplaneta species are endemic to the Americas; despite the name, P...

    , Periplaneta americana
  • The Oriental cockroach
    Oriental cockroach
    The oriental cockroach is a large species of cockroach, measuring about in length at maturity. It is dark brown to black in colour and has a glossy body...

    , Blatta orientalis

See also

  • The record label, Waterbug Records
    Waterbug Records
    Waterbug Records is a small independent record label based in Glen Ellyn, Illinois specializing in singer-songwriters and traditional folk musicians who do original research. The label was founded as an artist cooperative label in 1992 by singer-songwriter Andrew Calhoun. Calhoun described the...

    .

Water Bug
also known to appear in cold weather.
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