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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dysticinae (Dytiscinae) » Cybister » Larvae (Cybister Larvae)
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Wierd... - Cybister
Copyright © 2007 Graham Montgomery

Wierd... - Cybister
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
March 4, 2007
Size: ~8mm
Found in a large puddle. This puddle had the most life I ever saw in one. In every square inch there was literally about 200 small creatures... And that just what you could see!
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 4 March, 2007 - 5:22pm
Last updated 29 June, 2009 - 5:12pm

Moved
Moved from Cybister.
… Tim Loh, 29 June, 2009 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dysticinae.
… Tim Loh, 16 February, 2009 - 12:41am login or register to post comments

Cybister sp..
most likely a 1st instar
… Tim Loh, 16 February, 2009 - 12:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Predacious Diving Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 8 February, 2009 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Graham Montgomery, 14 April, 2007 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

Wow!
Another other-worldly critter. Neat find.
… Ron Hemberger, 4 March, 2007 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

This is an aquatic beetle lar
This is an aquatic beetle larvae, they are predators of everything which is the right size to eat...
… Martin Hauser, 4 March, 2007 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
In fact
Judy Semroc, pond life photographer extraordinaire, agrees and says it is the larva of a predaceous diving beetle.
… Herschel Raney, 4 March, 2007 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

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