Creeping water bug

Japanese: creeping water bug(英語表記)creepingwaterbug
Creeping water bug

…An insect of the Hemiptera family, family Coroboridae. It means an oval-shaped aquatic stink bug, and the English name saucer bug comes from its disk-like shape, and the name creeping water bug is probably because of its skillful walking. The larvae are green like the adults, and have a pair of dorsal gland (scent gland) openings on the ventral and dorsal sides. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "creeping water bug" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…半翅目コバンムシ科の昆虫。小判形の水生カメムシの意味で,英名のsaucer bugも円盤状の形からきたもの,またcreeping water bugは歩行が巧みであるためつけられたのだろう。幼虫は成虫と同じように緑色で,腹背に1対の背腺(臭腺)開口がある。…

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