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Belostoma bakeri
giant water bug
Belostoma bakeri is a giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae, described by Montandon in 1913. The species is distributed across Central America and North America. Research at Montezuma Well, Arizona has established it as a significant top predator in fishless desert spring ecosystems, where it contributes substantially to secondary consumer production and trophic energy flow.