Water bug that bites/stings?

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Autumnrain37 Bellair-Meadowbrook , FL May 17, 2014

My son scooped this out of the pool and it stung him. Does anyone know what it is? Thank you for answers in advance.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 18, 2014

Backswimmer - a bug in the family Notonectidae -
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/hemipt/Notonectid.htm

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) May 19, 2014

Following up on Flapdoodle's answer, your Backswimmer is Notonecta indica:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/283170/bgimage

We have a page for that species in BugFiles here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/2977/
and we would be pleased if you would add your image to that page,

Ken

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