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Dytiscid - Acilius sylvanus - male
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Dytiscid - Acilius sylvanus - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 1, 2011
Size: 13.7mm
Netted from a weedy edge of a swamp.

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Dytiscid - Acilius sylvanus - male Dytiscid - Acilius sylvanus - male
Contributed by tom murray on 2 October, 2011 - 12:07am
Last updated 2 October, 2011 - 12:45pm

Nice one...
It's a dude btw :)
… Tim Loh, 2 October, 2011 - 12:08pm

 
Acilius sylvanus
Thanks Tim. Do you want me to save this one for you?
… tom murray, 2 October, 2011 - 12:45pm

 
Sure
Don't have any of the eastern Acilius in my collection yet...
… Tim Loh, 2 October, 2011 - 5:03pm

Moved
Moved from Predaceous Diving Beetles.
… v belov, 2 October, 2011 - 11:31am

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