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Common Water Strider
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Common Water Strider

Gerris swakopensis

Gerris swakopensis is an Afrotropical species of true bug. Common names include pond skater and water strider.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 667013.