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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Hydroporinae » Hydroporini » Deronectina » Leconectes » Leconectes striatellus
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Small Zebra Diver - Leconectes striatellus
Copyright © 2010 Arlo Pelegrin

Small Zebra Diver - Leconectes striatellus
Zebra Gulch, Garfield County, Utah, USA
March 28, 2010
Size: 4mm
See ecological notes under

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Small Zebra Diver - Leconectes striatellus Small Zebra Diver - Leconectes striatellus Small Zebra Diver - Leconectes striatellus
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Contributed by Arlo Pelegrin on 16 April, 2010 - 8:59pm
Last updated 17 April, 2010 - 1:33am

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Moved from ID Request.
… Arlo Pelegrin, 17 April, 2010 - 1:33am login or register to post comments

Predaceous Diving Beetle
Hi Arlo,

This is not a backswimmer, but rather, a predaceous diving beetle, likely a Hanksdiver, Stictotarsus striatellus.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 16 April, 2010 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Certainly not a backswimmer.
I made some ecological notes under the specimen in the thumbnail, which was found in the same small pool as this one.
… Arlo Pelegrin, 16 April, 2010 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Ecological Notes
Ah.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 17 April, 2010 - 1:02am login or register to post comments

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