1. Scuba-Diving Bugs Can Inflict Envenoming Bites in Swimming Pools, Lakes, and Ponds 
James H. Diaz, MD, DrPH 
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages (March 2016)
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2. Figure 1
The backswimmer (phylum Arthropoda, order Hemiptera, family Notonectidae). A, Backswimmer swimming on its keel-shaped back and paddling with its oar-shaped hind-legs on or near a freshwater body surface. Source: Wikipedia (public domain). B, Backswimmer upside down and awaiting a meal just under the water surface. Note the prominent beak or proboscis, which can inflict a painful, envenoming bite (solid white arrow). Source: Wikipedia (public domain). Photographer: E. van Herk.
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3. Figure 2
The water boatman (phylum Arthropoda, order Hemiptera, family Corixidae). A, Water boatman swimming on its ventral abdomen and paddling with its oar-shaped hind-legs near a freshwater body bottom. This water boatman has anchored itself at depth by hooking onto bottom vegetation with one of its mid-legs equipped with a curved appendage. Source: Wikipedia (public domain). B, The water boatman deploying its buoyancy-compensating air bubbles tucked under its wings and thoracoabdomen (solid white arrow). Source: Missouri Department of Conservation. Public domain.
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