Gerridae (family)
Unidentified water strider at Undefined Area
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| Gerridae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 8 Mar 2025 | |
| Gerridae (family) | YumiCallaway | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| Unverified | JimL | 22 Dec 2023 |
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User's notes
Seemed to be different from other animals in ponds. Smaller. Different colour configurations.
1 comment
29 Dec 2023
Hi @JimL , this sighting and your other recent one (Gerridae (family) (Water strider)) appear to be water striders! They are water bugs — a type of insect, rather than a species of spider — so I am putting the Gerridae (family) suggestion forward for the insect moderator team to identify further :). Many water spiders are much larger than these guys, as well as having 8 legs!!
The Canberra and Southern Tableland regions have many reference records you could look through if you're interested:
Pisauridae sp. (family)
Thanks for the sightings!
The Canberra and Southern Tableland regions have many reference records you could look through if you're interested:
Pisauridae sp. (family)
Thanks for the sightings!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.925611-37.305406
- Altitude 56.5m
- Places Nadgee, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Dec 2023 11:37 AM Recorded on
- JimL Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- JimL NatureMapr South Coast Gerridae (family) Water & Shore Bugs (several families) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Gerridae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified water strider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 987.5m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Gerridae sp.
Record quality
Quality score
7 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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