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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	True Bugs (Hemiptera)
	Family:	Water Scorpions (Nepomorpha: Nepidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Needle Bug (Ranatra dispar)
	This Photo:
	Thank you Dr Matthew Pintar for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
	Copyright © 2011-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Mar-2011
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.