Help Identify Insect

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[Ganymede]

Water boatman? http://www.rspb.org.uk/makeahomeforwildlife/wildlifegarden/atoz/w/waterboatman.aspx

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Looks like a Common Backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) or something closely related

 

[Ganymede]

In fact probably a Lesser Water Boatman: http://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/habitats/pond/identifying-creatures-pond/water-boatmen/

as it's swimming on its front.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Corixia? Quite a bug un.

 

[Julia9054]

It is a waterboatman
Try to catch it swimming. If it swims on its back, it is a lesser waterboatman, if on its front it is a greater waterboatman.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Is it a frog in a blanket?

 

[Julia9054]

It is a waterboatman
Try to catch it swimming. If it swims on its back, it is a lesser waterboatman, if on its front it is a greater waterboatman.

Oops @Ganymede - you are right, I am wrong!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

It looks like Geoff's/Beryl's/Borises tea

 

[IDMark2]

When applying the @Crackle naming convention it is a 'Norman'. Probably.

 

[Ganymede]

I love them, I wish I had them in my pond.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It is a waterboatman
Try to catch it swimming. If it swims on its back, it is a lesser waterboatman, if on its front it is a greater waterboatman.

If it sinks will it be a submariner beetle?

 

[midlife]

Any body remember Quatermass ?

Shaun

 

[nickyboy]

Do lesser/greater waterboatmans fly into trees? I thought they were entirely aquatic

 

[sight-pin]

Looks like it could be a 'Greater water boatman' https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=g...YLzx_2XyAIVy56ACh2LAQsY#imgrc=-lsJvkPuabrYsM: