my new.....???...lol

[Weylin]

Very cool dude... We see them here in almost every pond...

 

[midnight]

Those F-ers can fly. My friend had a couple in a ten gallon and started to fly around the room!

glad mines on the back porch
he has been in that tank for about 2 weeks and hasnt left yet.

I've seen them here too... Different species. Yek!
Ranatra fusca?
Nepa cinerea?

ya those look like the 2 kinds

Very cool dude... We see them here in almost every pond...

why dont ya have any?

 

[shepp]

i have seen that one pictured on page two the ones i have seen are in the fall and nearly half dead they are nasty looking..

 

[midnight]

so the first guy i posted pics of didnt make it
i dont think he ate at all


today i went on a quick netting
caught another one of these guys
i put him in one of my minnow holding tanks
checked up on him a few hours later and found him swimming around with a dead fish!

i zoomed in on one of the pix and it looks like he is munching,and those eyes!!

 

[channarox]

damn.
i need to go netting again.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Too scarey for me LOL.

 

[midnight]

damn.
i need to go netting again.

ya i want to see what you net over there

Too scarey for me LOL.

aww are you going to have nightmares that my bug is after you??

just kidding

 

[Death Pony]

The bug IS after you Bruce, it's after everyone.....
That thing looks vicious!

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

I want one!!

How big it is?

 

[midnight]

no clue how big
later i will try to measure and get some more pix