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Water beetle? - Helichus
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Water beetle? - Helichus
Pasadena, CA
Size: a few millimeters
Found this bug inside the water of the Riparian Canyon community.
Contributed by davidg6262 on 1 October, 2012 - 12:43am

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Moved from ID Request.

Based on the elytral pubescence pattern and what appear to be antennae with enlarged basal segments instead of being filiform. I suspect it's H. striatus, but I agree we need to see the specimen dry.
… Brady Richards, 1 October, 2012 - 1:36am

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this is an elmid of sorts... not sure beyond that [Dubiraphia??] -- it's a rather tough group (~2 dozen spp. in 13 genera in CA), and a higher-res photo of a dry specimen will certainly help
… v belov, 1 October, 2012 - 12:51am

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