Nishio Small Water Scorpion
西尾のヒメタイコウチ · Nishionohimetaikouchi
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- Designated by
- Prefectural / Natural Monument
- Designation type
- Habitat / breeding site
- Designated on
- December 11, 1968
- Location
- 愛知県西尾市
- Prefectures
- Aichi
- Scientific name
- Nepa hoffmanni
About the Nepa hoffmanni (Japanese water scorpion)
Nepa hoffmanni is a small true bug of shallow, spring-fed wetlands and waterside leaf litter, catching prey with its front legs. About two centimeters long, it is smaller than the common water scorpion and has a short breathing tube, only about two to three millimeters long, at the end of its abdomen. Its habitat is limited and vulnerable to wetland change, so sites in Aichi and Mie are designated Natural Monuments.
Natural Monuments related to the Nepa hoffmanni (Japanese water scorpion) →Map
Approximate location of the designated site (municipality centre).
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The designated site is in 愛知県西尾市.
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