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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Dytiscus » Vertical Diving Beetle (Dytiscus verticalis)
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Predaceous Diving Beetle - Dytiscus verticalis
Copyright © 2010 Karl Hillig

Predaceous Diving Beetle - Dytiscus verticalis
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
July 7, 1991
Size: 34 mm
Attracted to porch light. ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 7 February, 2010 - 6:08pm
Last updated 13 December, 2020 - 11:10am

Moved
Moved from Cybister fimbriolatus.
… Matthew Pintar, 13 December, 2020 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Predaceous Diving Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 8 February, 2010 - 12:42am login or register to post comments

Cybister fimbriolatus
is my guess, looking at the size of the metatibia.
… Blaine Mathison, 7 February, 2010 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Giant Water Bugs.
… Karl Hillig, 7 February, 2010 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

Not a bug...
This is a beetle--either a Predaceous Diving Beetle in the Family Dytiscidae, or a Water Scavenger Beetle in the Family Hydrophilidae. I lean toward the former, but an expert will be able to tell you for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 February, 2010 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Right you are.
I was asleep at the wheel on that one.
… Karl Hillig, 7 February, 2010 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

 
I can relate.
It happens to me all too frequently. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 February, 2010 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

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