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Dytiscus larva? - Thermonectus
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Dytiscus larva? - Thermonectus
Scott County, Virginia, USA
May 8, 2010
Size: small (that's my hand)
This was in a vernal pool (aka, mud puddle) in the floodplain under trees. The puddle also had American Toad tadpoles in it. The larva was swimming through the water using its legs (which I thought at first were fins of a fish). It would stop and bob to the surface to breath.
Contributed by waldeneffect on 18 May, 2010 - 6:30pm
Last updated 6 August, 2010 - 9:03pm

Thermonectus sp.
Moved from Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 6 August, 2010 - 9:03pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2010 - 10:12am

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