Mesovelia furcata
Pondweed bug
This Mesovelia gives its limbs "the full wax". 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 square 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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