Which is this curious insect?

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Aug 11, 2011

This fellow had entered our house the other day. I had left it outside after taking pictures. Recently I found it had fallen into a barrel with water and died. Curious to know what this is.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Aug 11, 2011

It looks vaguely Mantid-ish.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 11, 2011

This is a water scorpion - see http://www.indianaturewatch.net/view_cat.php?tag=water%20scorpion

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Aug 11, 2011

Wow...pretty neat looking.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Aug 11, 2011

Thanks Flabdoodle, indeed it is! Hadn't heard about a Water Scorpion at all. It's an interesting insect. Saw in that link why I found it on water in the barrel. I did not check if it was alive, but just disposed it off assuming it was dead when I saw it floating. Will see if I can add it to the BF.

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