A slender predatory bug which moves quickly across the surface film of water, using its front legs for catching prey.
黾蝽。北美称WATER STRIDER
Family Gerridae, suborder Heteroptera: Gerris and other genera, and many species, in particular the common European G. lacustris
North American term water strider
Example sentencesExamples
Water striders, the insects also known as pond skaters or Jesus bugs, have long baffled scientists who couldn't explain how these creatures ‘walk’ on water.
There were leebeens, water beetles and pond skaters in the water.
We found all kinds of creatures from leeches to water snails and pond skaters and lots of other typical British aquatic life.
Children will be able to get answers to all their burning bug questions, like whether a woodlouse eats wood, whether a centipede really has one hundred legs and how a pond skater skates.
As a child my family would take a Sunday walk down the local canal side; we'd kneel at the water's edge watching pond skaters and water beetles going about their business.
Definition of pond skater in US English:
pond skater
noun
A slender predatory bug which moves quickly across the surface film of water, using its front legs for catching prey; a water strider.
黾蝽。北美称WATER STRIDER
Family Gerridae, suborder Heteroptera: Gerris and other genera, and many species, in particular the common European G. lacustris
Example sentencesExamples
As a child my family would take a Sunday walk down the local canal side; we'd kneel at the water's edge watching pond skaters and water beetles going about their business.
There were leebeens, water beetles and pond skaters in the water.
Water striders, the insects also known as pond skaters or Jesus bugs, have long baffled scientists who couldn't explain how these creatures ‘walk’ on water.
Children will be able to get answers to all their burning bug questions, like whether a woodlouse eats wood, whether a centipede really has one hundred legs and how a pond skater skates.
We found all kinds of creatures from leeches to water snails and pond skaters and lots of other typical British aquatic life.