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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Aciliini
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Predaceous beetle larva
Copyright © 2012 Jonas Insinga

Predaceous beetle larva
West Foss Farm, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
May 8, 2009
Size: 4-5 mm.
Found living in vernal pools in some old growth forest.
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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 24 January, 2012 - 5:47pm
Last updated 2 February, 2012 - 2:10pm

Moved
This is most likely the larva of Acilius or Thermonectus...don't have my refs right now but I'm leaning towards Thermonectus..Will come back to this!
… Tim Loh, 2 February, 2012 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Strong likelyhood
Let me see what photos of local adults I have. I don't have many, but there should be some somewhere.
… Jonas Insinga, 2 February, 2012 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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