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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Laccophilinae » Laccophilus » Laccophilus proximus
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Dytiscidae or Noteridae? - Laccophilus proximus
Copyright © 2017 Ron Johnson

Dytiscidae or Noteridae? - Laccophilus proximus
7.5mi N of El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas, USA
June 13, 2017
Size: 5mm
Sweeping pond vegetation
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Contributed by Ron Johnson on 15 June, 2017 - 3:49pm
Last updated 5 March, 2020 - 8:35pm

Moved
Moved from Laccophilus.
… Tim Loh, 5 March, 2020 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

thanks again, Joe
Moved from Predaceous Diving Beetles.
… v belov, 16 June, 2017 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

 
Joe?????
… J. H. Epler, 16 June, 2017 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

 
i'm awfully sorry man
how deeply embarrassing... harakiri-grade embarrassing...
and i'm not easily embarrassed

i suck at multitasking, and must stop doing several things simultaneously, i was in the middle of drafting e-mails to four different people, hope i haven't mixed up their names, too
… v belov, 16 June, 2017 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
too late
I already changed my name to Joe!!
… J. H. Epler, 16 June, 2017 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

 
too late
i already eviscerated myself
… v belov, 16 June, 2017 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

neat thing, doesn't look familiar... Laccophilus?
a ventral shot might shed some light

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 15 June, 2017 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Ventral shot
We caught three of these but my 13 yr old put all three on points and I doubt whether any are presentable at this point.
… Ron Johnson, 16 June, 2017 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

 
no problem )))
… v belov, 16 June, 2017 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for all your work. Even eviscerated I'm sure you could out work us all.
… Ron Johnson, 16 June, 2017 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

 
prob Laccophilus
looks like L. proximus ...
… J. H. Epler, 16 June, 2017 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

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