Ogasawara Water Strider
Neogerris boninensis
Photo: Tomioka Masafumi / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
The Ogasawara Water Strider is a water strider endemic to the Ogasawara Islands. It skates on the surface of streams and pools, catching insects that fall in. Introduced predators and environmental change have limited where it can be found. As an endemic aquatic insect of the islands, it is a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Neogerris boninensis
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Tokyo
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Near ThreatenedMinistry of the Environment Red List 2020
- 日本語
- オガサワラアメンボ
- 简体中文
- 小笠原水黾
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The Ogasawara Water Strider is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Tokyo.
The Ogasawara Water Strider is listed as "Near Threatened" in the Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020 (listed as オガサワラアメンボ).
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