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Superfamily Hydrophiloidea - Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles

Water Scavenger Beetles · False Clown Beetles · Clown Beetles

Family Hydrophilidae - Water Scavenger Beetles
cream & red spotted cow dung beetle - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Water Scavenger Beetle - Tropisternus natator water beetle - Enochrus very large water beetle - Hydrophilus Tiny Hydrophilid Water scavenger? - Hydrophilus Hydrophilidae? beetle - Helophorus orientalis

Family Sphaeritidae - False Clown Beetles
False clown beetle - Sphaerites politus False clown beetle - Sphaerites politus False clown beetle - Sphaerites politus

Family Histeridae - Clown Beetles
1 mm black beetle Hister Beetle Histerid - Gnathoncus barbatus - male Small beetle - Hypocaccus Large Hister Beetle larger histerid beetle from entrance of gopher tortoise burrow - Geomysaprinus Clown Beetle - Platysoma cylindricum Intertidal Hister Beetle - Neopachylopus sulcifrons


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