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Velvet Water Bugs
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Velvet Water Bugs

Hebroidea

Velvet water bugs are members of the family Hebridae. They are semiaquatic insects that live among moss or ponds with an abundance of vegetation, in which they prey on small arthropods. Velvet water bugs are the smallest of the Gerromorpha, and have an appearance of tiny veliids. Hebrids sometimes move across water surfaces, but walk or run rather than skate or scull on the surface.

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3 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Velvet Water Bugs

familyHebridae

Macroveliid Shore Bugs

familyMacroveliidae

Gondwanan Pygmy Water Bugs

familyParaphrynoveliidae

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