Water Scorpion Facts & Information 2021 (Nepidae) | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Water scorpions make up the insect family Nepidae, which is a family of aquatic Heteropteran insects that come from the insect order Hemiptera. There are approximately 150 different species of water scorpion found worldwide, 13 of which are found in the United States and Canada.[3]

They are technically related to giant water bugs, both belonging to the super family Nepoidea[4], and have a somewhat similar morphology, but water scorpions and giant water bugs[5] belong to entirely different genera and are classified separately.

These scorpion-like aquatic bugs are pretty ubiquitous – they are found pretty much all over the world where freshwater habitat exists. Antarctica is the only continent where members of Nepidae are not found. While they live all over the world, water scorpions are pretty elusive and are not ofte...