The next time you hop into a lake and feel a painful pinch on your toe, it could be a giant water bug. These bugs, also known as Lethocerus americanus, belong to the Belostomatidae family. They are ...

There’s no easy way to say this, but months of particularly wet weather mean that the “toe-biter” bug is having one heck of a summer. The toe-biter—whose real name is Belostomatidae—also goes by giant ...

Abandon all hope, ye who enter the waters off Cyprus. A team of researchers report that the giant water bug L. patruelis has arrived in the country, sparking concerns that the creature has an ...

A Santa Fe man accused of attacking his former lover several times by biting her toes — and even biting off the tip of a big toe — pleaded guilty Wednesday to several charges of battery and assault.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A former New Mexico shoe salesman accused of biting off part of his girlfriend's toe has been arrested again, this time for allegedly stalking the woman and trying to cut off her ...