Another Water Bug

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Another Water Bug

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Also found this little thingy in water collected from a lake, I didn't really do much with it so photo is not great but still looked interesting :)

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Water bug

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It looks like a nymph stage of some kind of flying insect.

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Thanks OlympusMan!
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The adult stage may be able to fly but is apparently well adapted to swimming. I am not familiar with the Australian fresh water fauna. But this youngster has great similarities with nymph stages of European water bugs from the family Corixidae.
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