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Water cricket

Velia caprai Tamanini, 1947

Status not recordedinsects

The water cricket (Velia caprai) is a species in the family Veliidae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the water cricket

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the water cricket live?

Not recorded

Is the water cricket endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the water cricket classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyVeliidae
  6. genusVelia
  7. SpeciesVelia caprai Tamanini, 1947
Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Capra's water cricketEnglish
  • hladinatka člunohřbetáCzech
  • BækløberDanish
  • Großer BachläuferGerman
  • etelänluisturiFinnish
  • triangelbekkeløperNorwegian Bokmål
  • BeekloperDutch
  • Plesica klinowataPolish
  • hladinárka člnkovitáSlovak
  • bäcklöpareSwedish
  • Almindelig bækløberDanish
  • Bred skøjteløberDanish
  • Gemeiner BachläuferGerman
  • Gewone beekloperDutch
  • vanlig bäcklöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the water cricket

Other species in the same genus Velia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the water cricket?

The water cricket (Velia caprai) belongs to the family Veliidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Water cricket (Velia caprai). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/water-cricket

MLA

“Water cricket (Velia caprai).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/water-cricket.

BibTeX
@misc{water_cricket_2026,
  title = {Water cricket (Velia caprai)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/water-cricket},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}