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Crawling Water Beetle larvae - Peltodytes
Copyright © 2013 Kilarin

Crawling Water Beetle larvae - Peltodytes
Johnson County, Texas, USA
May 19, 2013
This is a crawling water beetle larvae I photographed in the fresh water pond aquarium my son and I have set up in the back yard.
You can see a video of this little fellow in motion here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ArErJL9Fmw

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Contributed by Kilarin on 19 May, 2013 - 10:38pm
Last updated 6 July, 2013 - 9:12am

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