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Broad-Shouldered Water Strider

Microvelia americana

About

A tiny water strider relative that walks on the surface of ponds and puddles. It is widespread across the Americas on still freshwater.

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Did You Know?

At barely 2 mm long, it is so small that it can walk on water trapped in a single hoofprint.