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Pond skater or water striders belong to the Gerridae family, with 500 species. A common European species is Gerris remigis.
Water striders have tiny hairs on their feet that enables them to walk on the surface tension of water without getting wet.
Insects that are able to walk across the surface of water are called water striders. Water striders make use of the high surface tension of water together with their long, hydrophobic legs to stay above water.
Surface tension is important to water striders because surface tension gives them the ability to float and not sink and drown.
they are called water striders
yes they are called water striders!
yes all the time
Yes. Water Striders do it all the time.
Water striders. --------------------------- they are commonly called waterbugs or water skaters
dragon flies and water striders
detergents and water striders can also do that.