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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Hydrochidae » Hydrochus » Hydrochus subcupreus
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Hydrochus subcupreus
Copyright © 2008 Tim Moyer

Hydrochus subcupreus
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
June 1, 2008
Size: ~3.4mm
based on D&A's key, I'd say this is Hydrochus subcupreous. Seems to be the only Hydrochus species I get in the backyard. corrections welcome :)

came to UV light

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 5 December, 2008 - 11:29am
Last updated 5 December, 2008 - 2:57pm

I am totally envious!
I've shot these guys many times and never got anything approaching the detail you've captured. Great work, Tim.
… Jim McClarin, 5 December, 2008 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Jim,
Mine don't move anymore so that helps a lot. And I do enjoy the living shots most others post because the bugs just look so much nicer. But just about any Canon Powershot owner can do this for about $200 of additional gadgets (and easily portable to places like South America ;). Sure beats the bill for a multi-thousand $$ Automontage setup. There's some details in my bio, but I hope to entice other (thrifty) Contributors by posting a more detailed writeup over the holidays.
… Tim Moyer, 6 December, 2008 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

 
I look forward to seeing your writeup.
I feel like I am wasting my time if I can't get more detail in my images. I expect the best approach would be to shoot the live beetles then take post-mortem shots using montage.
… Jim McClarin, 6 December, 2008 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

 
Hey Jim,
just wanted to let you known that I finally got some details of my setup posted.
… Tim Moyer, 29 January, 2009 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

sure about spelling?
subcupreOus vs subcupreus
… v belov, 5 December, 2008 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks,
verified with ITIS (and Nearctica). I think I got the guide pages changed.
… Tim Moyer, 5 December, 2008 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

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