Friday 29 March 2024

Giant 'toe biter' water bugs discovered in Cyprus for the 1st time

 

Image courstecy of Daiju Azuma ,  CC BY-SA 2.5



 Joel Kontinen

The giant water bugs have originally come from Cyprus.  “The bugs, also called "toe biters," belong to the Lethocerus genus, which includes bird-eating species that can grow to around centimetres or 4.7 inches long.”

They  can  bite unsuspecting humans between the toes and thus they are called  toe biters.  They cannot harm humans in other ways.  

The bugs  probably got their venom after the fall of man, as recorded in Genesis 3. 

Source:

Patrick Pester, 2024. Giant 'toe biter' water bugs discovered in Cyprus for the 1st time | Live Science 25 March