New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-35713 Backswimmer, or hoe tuara (Anisops wakefieldi) lives in freshwater, and swims 'upside down'. There are two species in NZ, A. wakefiedi is present throughout the South Island, and lower eastern North Island, while A. assimilis occurs throughout NZ and the Chathams. Both belong to the nearly cosmopolitan genus. Broad Bay, Otago Peninsula *

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11005-35713 Backswimmer, or hoe tuara (Anisops wakefieldi) lives in freshwater, and swims 'upside down'. There are two species in NZ, A. wakefiedi is present throughout the South Island, and lower eastern North Island, while A. assimilis occurs throughout NZ and the Chathams. Both belong to the nearly cosmopolitan genus. Broad Bay, Otago Peninsula *

35713 Backswimmer hoe tuara Anisops assimilis wakefieldi waterbug swimming upside down surface two species cosmopolitan