Water stick insect, Ranatra linearis (Linear nepa, Nepa linearis).

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Water stick insect, Ranatra linearis (Linear nepa, Nepa linearis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1802.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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