![[Sigara arguta]. Image: Birgit Rhode, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research / CC-BY](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Sigara-arguta1__FitMaxWzg3Miw1NDVd.jpg)
Sigara arguta. Image: Birgit Rhode, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research / CC-BY
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Whānau
- Family
- Corixidae
Te Rahi
- E 5–6 mm
Size range
- 5–6 mm
Te Tītaringa
- he momo māori
Distribution
- Native
Te Huringa Ora
- He noho wai māori, kitea ai i ngā roto, i ngā hōpua, i ngā hake wai kararehe, me ngā kōawa kua purutiti i te tarutaru, kua kore i kaha te rere o te wai.
- He whai parirau ētahi o ngā kātua, e taea ai te rere ki tētahi atu wai hei kāinga rua mōna ki te kōpā rawa te noho i kāinga tahi, ki te mimiti katoa rānei te wai.
- He konihi te kaumoana, kimi kai ai māna i te takere o te takotoranga wai koirā tōna kāinga
- Te āhua nei ko ana kai, ko te pūkohu wai, tae atu ki ngā tipu me ngā hanga kararehe e pōpopo haere ana i te takere o te wai
- Ka kapohia e ia he hau takiwā māna ki tētahi pūkoro kei raro iho i ōna parirau
- He pītara kitā, pērā anō i te kīkītara
Life history
- Aquatic
- Found in freshwater lakes, ponds, troughs, slow moving weed–clogged streams
- Some adults have wings – able to fly to a new water body if overcrowded or pond dries out
- Predacious and bottom–foraging
- Seems to feed on algae and decaying plant and animal material on the bottom of the pond
- Air supply held in cavity underneath wings
- Makes noise –stridulates