Genus
Ranatra
Ranatra is a genus of generally slender predatory members of the family Nepidae, known as water scorpions or water stick-insects. Their front legs are strong and are used to grasp prey. They breathe through a pair of long breathing pipes extending from their tails. They eat tadpoles, small fish and other insects, which they pierce with their beak and inject a saliva which both sedates and begins to digest their prey.
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