Water Boatman? - Acilius mediatus

Moved

Moved from Acilius.

… Tim Moyer, 12 January, 2009 - 10:00pm

A. mediatus

ID confirmed via Larson et al. (2001)

… Tim Loh, 11 January, 2009 - 3:48pm

Moved

Moved from Predacious Diving Beetles.

… Boris Büche, 30 March, 2007 - 9:51am

looks like Acilius mediatus

Acilius mediatus, note the nice "M" on the head between the eyes.

not included in Dillon, but described in J Epler's "ID Manual for the Water Beetles of Florida", downloaded from Beetles.pdf at
http://www.floridadep.org/labs/cgi-bin/sbio/keys.asp#keys
(I thought I got this ref from BugGuide, but can't seem to find it)

Tim

Acilius page

… Tim Moyer, 6 April, 2006 - 12:03pm

Diving Beetle

Thanks, Tim and Noor. I didn't even realize I was in the pic until you mentioned it. Thanks for that link and info.

… Dave Pelletier, 6 April, 2006 - 6:29pm

Anytime

Haha - glad to be of service.

… Noor Beckwith, 6 April, 2006 - 9:29pm

Nice shot

Nice reflection of yourself there. It's like a clean, entomological version of that tea kettle from ebay...

(http://www.snopes.com/photos/risque/kettle.asp if you've never seen it)

… Noor Beckwith, 5 April, 2006 - 7:45pm

Kettle

Heh--heh! Good one. (pertaining to the kettle) Dave P.

… Dave Pelletier, 6 April, 2006 - 6:34pm

Diving Beetle (Dytiscidae) - Adult

Maybe you'll find the genus in the Guide's page devoted to this large group of predacious aquatic beetles (Coleoptera).
Water Boatmen (Corixidae) are true Bugs (Heteroptera). Among many other differences, most of them have a more slender outline.

… Richard Vernier, 5 April, 2006 - 1:43pm

Diving Beetle...

Most likely from this family...Nice shot!

… Tony DiTerlizzi, 5 April, 2006 - 1:39pm

Predacious Diving Beetle

Thanks, Tony and Richard. I never looked under Beetles because I was sure it was a true bug. That little sucker gave me an adrenaline rush when I found it. Run for the camera!

… Dave Pelletier, 5 April, 2006 - 2:00pm