Water bug (Takame) - Water bug (English name) Lethocerus deyrollei

Japanese: タガメ(田亀) - タガメ（英語表記）Lethocerus deyrollei

An insect of the Hemiptera family, family Bucconidae (illustration). This aquatic stink bug lives in ponds and swamps, but has thrived in the favorable environment of rice paddies, and was probably given this name because it is common in all rice paddies. This species is the largest aquatic stink bug, so in America it is called the giant water bug (it does not exist in Europe). It can take down frogs and fish with one blow, and also prey on other aquatic insects. It has a dark brown body length of 50 to 65 mm, and is somewhat long and oval in shape. It is somewhat similar to the water bug, but its body is wider and it has a pair of short, retractable breathing valves instead of a long breathing tube.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

半翅目コオイムシ科の昆虫（イラスト）。池や沼にすむが，水田という恵まれた環境の中で繁栄してきた水生カメムシで，どこの水田にもふつうであったことからこの名がついたのであろう。この類は最大の水生カメムシであるため，アメリカではgiant water bugと呼んでいる(ヨーロッパにはいない)。カエルや魚も一撃で倒し，他の水生昆虫も捕食する。体長50～65mm，体は暗褐色で，やや長い小判形。タイコウチに似たところもあるが，体の幅は広く，長い呼吸管の代りに短い伸縮自在の1対の呼吸弁がある。

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