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Crawling Water Beetle - Peltodytes sexmaculatus

Crawling Water Beetle - Peltodytes sexmaculatus
Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
April 24, 2009
Size: ~3 mm

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Moved from Peltodytes.

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this is Peltodytes sexmaculatus Roberts

 
Great! Thank you very much, T
Great! Thank you very much, Tim.

Yes
Peltodytes; interesting to note that your beetle was attacking a damselfly naiad- these beetles are reported to be herbivorous.

 
Thank you Hey there, Tim.
Thank you

Hey there, Tim. Thanks for the confirmation. I'll add a post showing this beetle with the damselfly it attacked. In that post, I'll also describe what I observed.-- Cat

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