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Burrowing Water Beetle - Hydrocanthus iricolor
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Burrowing Water Beetle - Hydrocanthus iricolor
Assabet River NWR, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 27, 2006
Size: 5mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 27 April, 2006 - 10:56pm
Last updated 28 April, 2006 - 8:23am

Noteridae: Hydrocanthus iricolor
This looks to be Hydrocanthus iricolor, though the critical characters are on the venter. Not any dytiscids around here that look like this.
… Donald S. Chandler, 28 April, 2006 - 8:11am

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