Cedar Creek
Natural History Area


Insects of Cedar Creek

Order HEMIPTERA

Family NOTONECTIDAE

(Backswimmers)

(Table of Species)

The Back Swimmers (35 NA spp, 7 MN spp) are underwater predators in ponds and marshes.  Three species of Notonecta have been collected.  N. undulata is the most abundant. Less common are N. lunata and N. irrorata. Species of Buenoa may occur in the deeper waters of Fish Lake and Beckman Lake.


jhaar@lter.umn.edu Last updated May, 2000