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Longitude (deg): -2.8. Latitude (deg): 52.7. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 50' W. Latitude (deg/min): 52° 40' N. Vice county name: Shrops. Vice county no.: 40. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Background: white background. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS400D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens.

Longitude (deg): -2.8. Latitude (deg): 52.7. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 50' W. Latitude (deg/min): 52° 40' N. Vice county name: Shrops. Vice county no.: 40. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS10D dSLR and Macro MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens.

Longitude (deg): -2.8. Latitude (deg): 52.7. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 50' W. Latitude (deg/min): 52° 40' N. Vice county name: Shrops. Vice county no.: 40. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS10D dSLR and Macro MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens.

Longitude (deg): -2.8. Latitude (deg): 52.7. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 50' W. Latitude (deg/min): 52° 40' N. Vice county name: Shrops. Vice county no.: 40. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS10D dSLR and Macro MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens.

(CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum. Photograph: Tristan Bantock

Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom

(CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum. Photograph: Tristan Bantock

Stony Cross, England, United Kingdom

Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO7347

Cradley, England, United Kingdom

Stony Cross, England, United Kingdom

Mhlume, Lubombo, Swaziland

Mhlume, Lubombo, Swaziland

(CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum. Photograph: Tristan Bantock

Les Rives, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Notonecta glauca is the most widespread and abundant of the four British notonectids. Notonecta glauca are Hemiptera (true bug) predators. These water insects swim and rest on their back (hence their common name "Backswimmer" or "Water Boatman") and are found under the water surface.