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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Colymbetinae » Colymbetini » Colymbetes » Colymbetes sculptilis
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Unidentified Insect-2 - Colymbetes sculptilis
Copyright © 2011 Earl Orf

Unidentified Insect-2 - Colymbetes sculptilis
Dunning Lake, Itasca County, Minnesota, USA
September 8, 2011
This was insect was on our deck near the porch light when I went out to check for moths.
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Contributed by Earl Orf on 29 September, 2011 - 9:18pm
Last updated 9 October, 2011 - 1:15am

Moved
Moved from Colymbetes.
… Tim Loh, 9 October, 2011 - 1:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 29 September, 2011 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

Dytiscus?
Looks to be a Dytiscus type of water beetle. Take a look HERE at the Dytiscus genus and let me know what you think.

Cheers

P.S. - Do you know the size and do you have a ventral photo? These are pretty much essential when trying to narrow down the species.
… Bill Myers, 29 September, 2011 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Bill, thanks for the quick response. I'm new to identifying insects so I wasn't aware that I should get a ventral photo. But after looking at the examples you referenced (above) I see how important that is. Well, I've learned something new tonight and next time I see one of these beetles I'll try to remember to get a ventral photo as well.
… Earl Orf, 29 September, 2011 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

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