Big-eyed Toad Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/11/2024). (c) Benjamin Burgunder, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Big-eyed Toad Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/30/2022). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Washington Co., Maryland (10/1/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Big-eyed Toad Bug in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/23/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) romainclem, all rights reserved.
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/30/2022). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/20/2022). (c) David, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/19/2024). (c) Benjamin Burgunder, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/29/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/20/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/6/2023). (c) Nathaniel Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (5/25/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Harford Co., Maryland (8/2/2014).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (5/25/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/29/2023). (c) Benjamin Burgunder, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/5/2020). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/30/2022). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/8/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Big-eyed Toad Bug in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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The aptly named toad bug is amphibious, equally capable of swift underwater motion and leaping many times its body length when on land. Note its bulging eyes and bumpy pronotum and elytra. It is the only member of the Gelastocoridae family in the Mid-Atlantic (D. Webb, 2014).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Gelastocoris oculatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Gelastocoridae |
| Genus: | Gelastocoris |
| Species: | G. oculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gelastocoris oculatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gelastocoris oculatus, the big-eyed toad bug, is a species of toad bug in the family Gelastocoridae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3] Due to their coloration they can be difficult to find. Females lay their eggs under rocks or in sand or mud and both the larva and adults are carnivorous: feeding on other insects along the shorelines.
They are most active in spring to autumn and those in the northern range hibernate. Adults have been known to congregate sometimes.
Subspecies
[edit]These two subspecies belong to the species Gelastocoris oculatus:
- Gelastocoris oculatus oculatus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Gelastocoris oculatus variegatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gelastocoris oculatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Gelastocoris oculatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Gelastocoris oculatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Todd, Edward L. (1955). "A Taxonomic Revision of the Family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera)". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 37 (11): 277–475. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.1590. hdl:1808/26411.
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