Hemiptera23 species

Family Creeping Water Bugs (Naucoridae)

Naucoridae is a family in the order Hemiptera. Browse 23 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Naucoridae (23)

Ambrysus lunatus

Identification: Usinger (1946) states: "This species is quite distinct from any species known to me." Color pattern distinct, the coria each with a conspicuous anteriorly divergent vitta from middle of anterior margin. (Usinger, 1946) In the series o

Cryphocricos hungerfordi

Identification: A total of 790 adults was collected in the South Llano River; six were macropterous (0.8%) and one was submacropterous (0.1%). The remainder (783 specimens) were brachypterous. With the discovery of the submacropterous form, this spec

Saucer Bug

Ilyocoris cimicoides

Size: 15 mm. The Saucer Bug has a flat, oval shaped body with a dark back and silvery underside created by the air bubble held there while underwater. It also has a distinctive pair of horn like front legs. Spends much of its time hiding in dense veg