Laccotrephes tristis

2 Water Scorpion or Toe-biter at Hamilton Valley, NSW

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Identification history

	Laccotrephes tristis	20 Jan 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	4 Jan 2021	ChrisAllen

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

20 Jan 2021

1st waterbug sighting on platform and first electronic record of the Toe-biter for the Albury/Wodonga area though they have been recorded in nearby Victorian local government areas

User's notes

Found a few of these in Reedy dam

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HarveyPerkins wrote:

7 Jan 2021

This is a water scorpion, Laccotrephes tristis, a type of water bug, but I don't seem to be able to add this species at the moment.

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Location information

Coordinates 146.872603 -36.043325
Altitude 407.0m
Maps Nail Can Hill Albury
Places Hamilton Valley, NSW

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
2 Jan 2021 12:50 PM Recorded on
ChrisAllen Recorded by
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Significant Featured Insects Water & Shore Bugs (several families) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) ChrisAllen Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr

Species information

Laccotrephes tristis Scientific name
Water Scorpion or Toe-biter Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 798.58m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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