---
title: "Gerris palustre"
description: "Aquarius paludum — Insectes et araignées. Aquarius paludum is a species of pond skater in the family Gerridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/lake-pondskater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gerris palustre

> Aquarius paludum — Insectes et araignées. Aquarius paludum is a species of pond skater in the family Gerridae.

- Scientific name: *Aquarius paludum*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lacs et rivières)
- iNaturalist observations: 9975
- Wikidata: [Q10416510](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10416510)
- iNaturalist taxon: [360902](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/360902)

## Names

- en: Lake pondskater
- de: Flussläufer
- fr: Gerris palustre

## Countries with the most observations

CN (930), JP (850), DE (834), FR (727), RU (682), TW (680), IT (515), AT (344), FI (270), CZ (258), PL (249), KR (232)

## Summary

Aquarius paludum is a species of pond skater in the family Gerridae. It was described in 1794 by Johan Christian Fabricius. It is widely distributed in the low and middle latitudes of Eurasia, from western Europe to East Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_paludum

## Photo

![Gerris palustre](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lake-pondskater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117549582

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lake-pondskater?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).