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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Dytiscus
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Water Beetle - Dytiscus - female
Copyright © 2021 Al Popil

Water Beetle - Dytiscus - Female
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
April 17, 2021
Size: 30mm
First time I have seen a water beetle flying. It landed and I got it for a portrait.

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Contributed by Al Popil on 17 April, 2021 - 7:17pm
Last updated 18 April, 2021 - 8:29am

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Moved from ID Request.

Do you have a photo of the bottom?
… Matthew Pintar, 18 April, 2021 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

 
Sadly
Sorry, no underside images. I took the beetle outside for some more photographs and a magpie ate it.
… Al Popil, 18 April, 2021 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

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