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One of four species of Notonecta in the UK, all four of
which are found in Nottinghamshire. They are characteristically large,
backswimming Water Boatmen and their known distribution in the county is
largely due to the recording efforts of Bob Merritt. Notonecta
glauca is found widely in the western half of Nottinghamshire,
occurring in ponds, ditches and canals, with
no reason to suspect it not to be as common elsewhere in the county. The
one llustrated, was netted from a shallow pond at Budby South Forest in August 2020,
which also contained Notonecta maculata. |
