• Belostoma popularly known as the ‘Giant water bug’.

• Fresh water, predatory, carnivores insect, inhabiting the muddy or weedy bottom of ponds.

• Body is flat, broad and brownish and covered by leathery exoskeleton.

• Body is divided into Head, thorax and Abdomen.

• Eyes are prominent.

• Thorax has three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings.

• Wings are well developed.

• Between the bases of wings is a triangular shield, called Scutellum.

• Female possess well developed Ovipositor.