Ranatra linearis

Ranatra linearis is a species of aquatic bug in the Nepidae family.^[1] It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, and primarily found near aquatic plants in ponds, marshes and other freshwater habitats, but has exceptionally been recorded from hypersaline lakes and brackish lagoons.^[2]

Ranatra linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Nepidae
Subfamily:	Ranatrinae
Genus:	Ranatra
Species:	R. linearis
Binomial name
Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

Female laying eggs

Ranatra linearis, detail of the head.

The body of these brown insects is typically 3–3.5 cm (1.2–1.4 in) long.^[3] Their breathing tube tail is usually about as long as the body of the insect. They are swimming insects, and the adults can fly.^[4]