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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Sphaeridiinae » Megasternini » Cercyon » Subgenus Cercyon (Cercyon Subgenus Cercyon)

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Copyright © 2009 Mike Quinn

Cercyon

south Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
February 7, 2009
Size: ~ 3 mm

Cercyon sp.
det. v. belov, 2009

At lights in a small mesic patch under an oak-willow canopy...

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 February, 2009 - 9:50pm
Last updated 17 December, 2022 - 1:38am

Moved

Moved from Cercyon.

… v belov, 17 December, 2022 - 1:38am

Cercyon

… v belov, 8 February, 2009 - 8:52am

Aquatic

Thanks! I thought it might be an aquatic beetle. Our lot is near to Slaughter Creek but it's mostly dry due to the extended drought Texas is experiencing. We probably won't break the dry spell before fall if even then... Thanks again, Mike

… Mike Quinn, 8 February, 2009 - 9:13am

they are not aquatic

dung, compost, rotting vegetation, carrion is their thing

… v belov, 8 February, 2009 - 9:19am

Yes, non-aquatic members of water beetle fam...

Thanks, I filled out the genus page with correct habitat info. Mike

… Mike Quinn, 8 February, 2009 - 11:09am

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