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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Agabinae » Agabini » Agabus » Agabus lutosus
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whirligig beetle - Agabus lutosus
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Elliott

whirligig beetle - Agabus lutosus
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
June 6, 2009
Size: around 7 mm
This is what I call a whirligig beetle because they swim in crazy circle patterns near the surface of the water as it was eating off something. We fished this one out of a small pond.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 6 June, 2009 - 10:05pm
Last updated 5 December, 2010 - 4:30pm

Moved
Moved from Agabus.
… Tim Loh, 7 June, 2009 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

Probably Agabus lutosus (LeCo
Probably Agabus lutosus (LeConte), a species similar to A. griseipennis pictured in the guide but far western (coastal) in distribution and is smaller on average.
… Tim Loh, 6 June, 2009 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

Diving beetle
Well, this one is a diving beetle, probably in the genus Agabus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 June, 2009 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

dytiscid, rather
Moved from Ground and Water Beetles.
… v belov, 6 June, 2009 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

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