How To Use backswimmer In A Sentence
- While many say that water boatmen do not bite and are often confused with the backswimmer, I am sure that the insects in the pool were water boatmen, so I would urge some care in handling them if you come across them and want to take a closer look. Sierra Sun - Top Stories
- Adult and larval backswimmers eat smaller animals in the water including bloodworms and aquatic larvae.
- Scientists have found that an aquatic insect known as a backswimmer, which is similar a water boatman, releases a "scent" that scares off mosquitoes - although it cannot be picked up by the human nose. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
- She pointed out damselfly larva, water beetles, tadpoles, backswimmers, dragon fly larva and snails as they circled around in our tiny sample of the marsh.
- From time to time the backswimmer will surface to empty and refill these chambers with a fresh supply of air.
- These fairy shrimps and backswimmers constitute the majority of the macroinvertebrates captured in these ponds.
- She pointed out damselfly larva, water beetles, tadpoles, backswimmers, dragon fly larva and snails as they circled around in our tiny sample of the marsh.
- Previous research from Blaustein's lab demonstrated that the mosquito, Culiseta longiareolata, chemically detects a voracious predator of its progeny in the water, the backswimmer, Notonecta maculata, and avoids laying eggs where the predator is detected. RedOrbit News - Technology
- Holding its pale back away from the sunlight makes the backswimmer harder for predators to spot.
