Harmful Effects of Backswimmers

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Harmful Effects of Backswimmers

Notonecta triguttata

A species of Notonecta

Backswimmers can cause mild to severe damage to a variety of plants by piercing and sucking their fluids, leading to wilting and discoloration of leaves and stems, which diminishes plant vigor and productivity.

What Type of Pest Is Backswimmers?

Hurt Plant

Hurt Plant

Damage Stage

Adults, Nymphs

Host Plants Organs

Leaves, Stems

Damage Ways

Sucking Plant Fluids

Damage Reason

Feeding

Damage Level

Mild to Severe

Backswimmers inflicts damage during both its adult and nymph stages by piercing and sucking fluids from different plants without preference. The damage can range from mild to severe, causing wilting and discoloration in leaves and stems, which undermines plant vigor and productivity.

More Insects that are Similar to Backswimmers

A backswimmer

Elegantly adorned with a speckled mosaic of hues, a backswimmer is known for its proficient swimming, its body keel-shaped and oriented inversely in freshwater habitats. This remarkable species has adapted to use its hind legs as oars, propelling itself with rapid, synchronized strokes. As a predator, its diet consists primarily of other small aquatic organisms, which it hunts using piercing mouthparts to inject lethal saliva and then extract bodily fluids.

Common backswimmer

Common backswimmer

This aquatic insect is an adept swimmer, known for its unique backstroke swimming technique using oar-like hind legs. This stroke is a defining characteristic, along with their piercing-sucking mouthparts, common backswimmer seizes prey with a raptor-like ambush. Preferring still freshwater habitats, they play a crucial role in aquatic ecosystems, controlling populations of other small invertebrates and serving as prey for fish and amphibians.

Notonecta viridis

Notonecta viridis

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