Aquarius adelaidis

Scientific Name:
In the scientific world, this water bug is known as Aquarius adelaidis. In English, they are generally called water striders or water human bugs.
Family and Genus:
According to the classification of the animal kingdom, it belongs to the family Gerridae of the order Hemiptera. It is a prominent species of the genus Aquarius.

Origin and Habitat:
They naturally live in calm water reservoirs, ponds, and slow-moving rivers of various regions mainly in the northern hemisphere. Floating on top of the water is their main habitat.

Food:
They fulfill their food demand by absorbing juice from the bodies of dead or small live insects floating on the surface of the water and other tiny pests fallen into the water.

Reproduction:
In suitable environments and safe times, they lay small eggs on the bodies of various plants or structures on the surface of the water, from where new water bugs are born subsequently.

Benefits:
By eating mosquitoes, larvae, and small bugs on the surface of water reservoirs, they play a wonderful role in controlling harmful pests in the aquatic environment in a natural way.

Harmful Aspects:
They do not cast any kind of harmful effect for humans or the environment. These are completely harmless and a beautiful and beneficial bug of aquatic nature.

I learned about them from various sites including iNaturalist, Wikipedia and Google.

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Camera Used	Samsung SM-G973F
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ISO speed	ISO
Focal length	26mm
Flash	No
Editing app	Lightroom
Photography	(Aquarius adelaidis)
Photographer	@mshbd
Location	Natore, Bangladesh