Backswimmers
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| Scientific name | Notonectidae |
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| Order | True bugs |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Higher classification | Nepomorpha |
| Rank | Family |
| Class | Insecta |
| Lower classifications | Notonecta glauca |
| Martarega | |
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| ID | 2938644 |
About Backswimmers
Notonectidae is a cosmopolitan family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly called backswimmers because they swim upside down. They are all predators and typically range from 0. 5 to 1. 5 cm in length.