What is the difference between a waterbug and a cockroach is the only difference is that waterbugs fly and cockroaches don't?
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The waterbug is a cockroach, just one of hundreds of kinds of cockroach. It is winged and can fly. It comes from Africa but it is called American cockroach or waterbug.
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Water bugs are a common name for a number of aquatic insects, presently classified in the infraorders Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha of the order Hemiptera. There are over 40,000 species altogether. Note that, unfortunately, the common name "water bug" is very often applied to the Oriental cockroach. Selected families of water bugs - - back swimmers (Notonectidae) - giant water bugs (Belostomatidae) - water scorpions (Nepidae) - water boatmen (Corixidae) - pond skaters (Gerridae) - Smaller water strider (Veliidae) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteroptera
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