I have a giant water bug specimen in my collection that I got
crawling across the Duckabush tidelands (north Hood Canal) amongst
the oysters. At first glance I thought it was a very odd looking crab
with a big piece of bark stuck to it back. Closer inspection reveled
that it was four legs short of qualifying for a crab! Clearly out of
place.

Russell

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On Apr 23, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> I know of two giant water bugs that have been found in lakes in the
> Tacoma area in recent years. We have one of them as a specimen in
> the Slater Museum. I'll admit I haven't seen any myself in the
> state in almost four decades of searching for dragonflies at many,
> many water bodies. However, Lethocerus americanus is known to occur
> west to British Columbia and south in the Rocky Mountains to Utah,
> so I wonder if it might possibly be a rare native in Washington.
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