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Eurasian common pond skater
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Eurasian common pond skater

Gerris lacustris

Gerris lacustris, commonly known as the common pond skater or common water strider, is a species of water strider, found across Europe.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64581.