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Possible 2026 BugGuide gathering in Texas?

National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Epimetopidae · Minute Mud-loving Beetles · Helophoridae · Hydrochidae · Water Scavenger Beetles

Family Epimetopidae
Hydrophilid - Epimetopus Epimetopus Epimetopus sp#1 - Epimetopus Epimetopus sp#1 - Epimetopus Epimetopus sp #2 - Epimetopus thermarum Epimetopus sp #2 - Epimetopus thermarum

Family Georissidae - Minute Mud-loving Beetles
Georissus pusillus LeConte, 1852 - Georissus pusillus Georissus pusillus LeConte, 1852 - Georissus pusillus Georyssus californicus - Georissus californicus Georyssus californicus - Georissus californicus Georissus pusillus? - Georissus Georissus pusillus? - Georissus Georissus californicus Georissus californicus

Family Helophoridae
Water Scavenger Beetle - Helophorus grandis Beetle - Helophorus unknown beetle - Helophorus Hydrochus? - Helophorus Helophorus Wheelbarrow beetle - Helophorus Helophorus? - Helophorus Beetle, lateral - Helophorus

Family Hydrochidae
Hydrochus subcupreus Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrochus scabratus - Hydrochus scabratus beetle - Hydrochus - female Hydrochus Hydrochus sp - Hydrochus Hydrochus? - Hydrochus Hydrochus schereri - male Beetle – Hydrochus sp.? - Hydrochus

Family Hydrophilidae - Water Scavenger Beetles
Aquatic beetle in the desert - Hydrophilus triangularis Scavenger beetle? - Laccobius Hydrophilus ovatus? - Hydrophilus ovatus Water Scavenger Beetle, with spots - Berosus pantherinus Laccobius sp.? - Laccobius minutoides Hydrophilidae ? - Tropisternus lateralis Hydrophilid - Tropisternus lateralis Berosus stylifer? - Berosus stylifer


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