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Oval Shaped Beetle - Hydaticus bimarginatus - female
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Oval Shaped Beetle - Hydaticus bimarginatus - Female
Sun City, Manatee County, Florida, USA
July 17, 2009

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Oval Shaped Beetle - Hydaticus bimarginatus - female Oval Shaped Beetle - Hydaticus bimarginatus - female
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Contributed by Keokuk Mike on 17 July, 2009 - 8:28pm
Last updated 18 July, 2009 - 6:34pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tim Loh, 17 July, 2009 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

Water Beetle (Dytiscid)
This is Hydaticus bimarginatus
… Tim Loh, 17 July, 2009 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
H. bimarginatus
A female at that. The males will have a round suction pad on their
foretarsi, and a smaller oval suction pad on the midtarsi, used to
hang on to the smooth, convex, wet elytra of the female during mating.
… Bruce Getty, 18 July, 2009 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

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