Ranatra fusca

Ranatra fusca is a water stick-insect in the family Nepidae, native to North America. It is known by the common name brown water scorpion.^[1][2] It is generally 3.2–4.2 cm (1.3–1.7 in) long.^[3] They are carnivorous and feed on other insects and crustaceans. They are most common from spring to autumn.

Ranatra fusca
At Cincinnati Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Nepidae
Genus:	Ranatra
Species:	R. fusca
Binomial name
Ranatra fusca Palisot de Beauvois, 1820