# Waterbug

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'''Waterbug''' or '''water bug''' can refer to any of several things:

'''True bugs'''
* The [true water bug](/source/true_water_bug)s (Nepomorpha), including such insects as [giant water bug](/source/giant_water_bug)s (Belostomatidae), [creeping water bug](/source/creeping_water_bug)s (Naucoridae) and [backswimmer](/source/backswimmer)s (Notonectidae)
* Various other aquatic [true bug](/source/true_bug)s (Hemiptera), known collectively as water bugs ([Heteroptera](/source/Heteroptera))

'''Cockroaches'''
* The [American cockroach](/source/American_cockroach), ''Periplaneta americana''
* The [German cockroach](/source/German_cockroach), ''Blattella germanica''
* The [Oriental cockroach](/source/Oriental_cockroach), ''Blatta orientalis''

==See also==
* [Waterbug Records](/source/Waterbug_Records), a record label

{{disambiguation}}
Category:Animal common name disambiguation pages

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