Mesovelia furcata

Mesovelia furcata
Pondweed bug

This Mesovelia specimen gives its limbs 'the full wax' in a polish session. The sharp stabbing beak is turned forward to get a cleaning too. The left antenna is depicted sharp here, the right one is pointed to the viewer and so is out of focus. The Pondweed bug's head is of a somewhat squarish shape, caused by the snout, which is broadened just before the eyes, instead of the pointed end like Velia and Microvelia have. The picture below shows this.

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