Water Stick Insect

Ranatra linearis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Stable

Associated assemblage

open water on disturbed mineral sediments 39 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

138 since 2000 192 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

59 since 2000 67 all time

Earliest occurrence

1984

Latest occurrence

2021

Distribution

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Occurrence since 1950

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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.

References

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Data sources

Local species recorders

Biological Records Centre. Water Bug (aquatic Heteroptera) data for Britain. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Environment Agency.

Environment Agency. Biosys Extract - Central, East, North Lincolnshire and Welland Sub-catchments 2005-2015 (INVERT). Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Environment Agency. Biosys Extract - Central, East, North Lincolnshire and Welland Sub-catchments 2016. Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Environment Agency. Biosys Extract - Fenland Natural Area 1990-2011. Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Environment Agency. Freshwater river macroinvertebrate surveys (Biosys). Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Lapwings Consultants.

Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000095600 (Accessed 08 November 2025).