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Dytiscid of sorts... - Eretes sticticus - male
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Dytiscid of sorts... - Eretes sticticus - Male
3.5 miles S. Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
September 9, 2016
Size: ~ 16 mm
Came to U/V lights, nice sized male Dytiscid of sorts? Confirmation/correction, and further placement would be appreciated.

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Dytiscid of sorts... - Eretes sticticus - male Dytiscid of sorts... - Eretes sticticus - male Dytiscid of sorts... - Eretes sticticus - male
Contributed by Gary Griswold on 14 November, 2016 - 5:18pm

Moved, Eretes occidentalis
Moved from Predaceous Diving Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 14 November, 2016 - 5:31pm

 
might be E. explicitus, both spp. are present in AZ
easily separated by genitalia of either sex
… v belov, 18 July, 2017 - 6:00pm

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