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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Dytiscus » Dytiscus hatchi
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Found this on my kitchen floor last night - Dytiscus hatchi - male
Copyright © 2010 tripseven

Found this on my kitchen floor last night - Dytiscus hatchi - Male
South Puget Sound, Washington, USA
July 23, 2010
Size: Size of a quarter

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Found this on my kitchen floor last night - Dytiscus hatchi - male Found this on my kitchen floor last night - Dytiscus hatchi
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Contributed by tripseven on 23 July, 2010 - 11:23am
Last updated 23 July, 2010 - 2:00pm

Until I captured a large spec
Until I captured a large species I'd never realized the discs on the front legs.
… Mark Oxamitny, 5 March, 2015 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tim Loh, 23 July, 2010 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

Hi there, I cropped and rota
Hi there,
I cropped and rotated your other image so that the beetle can be seen more clearly. This looks like Dytiscus hatchi, which should be a common species out in WA.
… Tim Loh, 23 July, 2010 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

male Dytiscus sp., a common aquatic beetle
they come to lights and may end up inside
… v belov, 23 July, 2010 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the replies. Cool
Thanks for the replies. Cool looking beetle.
… tripseven, 23 July, 2010 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

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