What does common backswimmer feed on?

They feed on the culex larvae because there is a decrease in travel cost (having to dive for them) and Culex gives a higher energy rate.

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Scientific Classification

Phylum

Arthropods

Class

Bugs

Order

True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies

Family

Backswimmers

Genus

Notonecta

Species

Common backswimmer (Notonecta glauca)

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