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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles (Hydrophiloidea) » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Tropisternus
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Helgramite ? - Tropisternus
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Helgramite ? - Tropisternus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 17, 2008
Size: 13mm (1/2")
Please help with ID.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 17 May, 2008 - 8:10pm
Last updated 20 February, 2009 - 1:24am

Moved
Moved from Water Scavenger Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 20 February, 2009 - 1:24am login or register to post comments

Tropisternus I believe
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… Tim Loh, 20 February, 2009 - 1:23am login or register to post comments

Probably
larva of Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera).
… Matt Bertone, 19 May, 2008 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

wrong larvae
Helgramites (the larvae of fishflies and dobsonflies) are predominently aquatic.
This guy's more likely to be one of two things: either this is some sort of carnivorous beetle larvae, OR it is (and this is what I bet you it is) the larvae of an insect in the suborder Planipennia (the lacewings and antlions).

Can't help you much beyond that. Sorry! :/
… Jonas Insinga, 18 May, 2008 - 1:41am login or register to post comments

 
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Yes, Helgramites are aquatic and so is this critter. I took it out of the water to take the pics.
… Sam Houston, 18 May, 2008 - 8:13am login or register to post comments

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