We keep water scorpions at our Zoo whenever possible. Look for them at the Insectarium.
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Brown Water Scorpion
Ranatra fusca
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Nepidae (Waterscorpions) ...
The extinct giant water scorpions (subclass Eurypterida) belong to this class. Members of class Pycnogonida are commonly known as sea spiders. These exclusively marine carnivores are spiderlike in appearance and range in body length from 4/100 in.
Larvae are eaten by predatory insects- predaceous diving beetles, their larvae, water boatman, dragonfly nymphs, water scorpions and giant water bugs- other Ambystoma larvae, as well as turtles (Kenney and Burne 2000).
Green shield bug (Palomena prasina)
Water scorpion (Nepa cinerea)
Harlequin bug (Lygaeus equestris)
Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae)
Water boatman (Notonecta glauca)
Madagascan flatid bug (Phromnia rosea) ...
Aquatic insects, water scorpions, and sunburst diving beetles can be seen at the Invertebrate Exhibit. And flamingos, mandarin ducks, and wood ducks can be seen in outdoor exhibits at the Bird House.
 See also: Scorpion, Beetle, Water Boa, Fly, Diving Beetle
  
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