What is this insect?

Reston, VA

I have seen this insect on my car rear window. I had seen this before that was swimming in the pool and this time flying. When it swims, it can swim underwater too. It's about 3/4" long with small front leg pair, long middle legs and shorter back legs. I guess it is a kind of mosquito but I'm looking for its exact name.

My windows was not clean and sorry for that.

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Minot, ND

This is a water strider, a true bug in the family Gerridae. They are able to walk on the surface of water, where the hunt small invertebrates that are just below the surface -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerridae

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