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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Agabinae » Agabini » Ilybius
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Black water beetle, Dytiscidae? - Ilybius
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

Black water beetle, Dytiscidae? - Ilybius
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
May 10, 2005
Size: 10 mm
Landed on driveway. Dead at time of photo.

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Black water beetle, Dytiscidae? - Ilybius Black water beetle, Dytiscidae? - Ilybius
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 22 May, 2005 - 8:19pm
Last updated 28 May, 2007 - 7:01am

Moved
Moved from Predacious Diving Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 28 May, 2007 - 7:01am login or register to post comments

Yes, Dytiscidae.
They're often attracted to lights.
… Ethan Kane, 23 May, 2005 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for verifying family.
Ditto also Eric's remark. Although I'm a newcomer to the site and relatively new to insect photography, I think I can see what's shaping up here. Every day, volunteers are expanding the photo database at BugGuide.Net, so it will become more & more a resource that professional entomologists (& arachnologists etc.) can link to.
… Jim McClarin, 24 May, 2005 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Thank you, Ethan Kane, for visiting! We need more experts here:-) I just wanted to add that many aquatic insects frequently mistake reflective objects such as well-waxed automobiles for pools of water.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 May, 2005 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric
That's an interesting observation
… Jim McClarin, 24 May, 2005 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

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