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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Dytiscus » Dytiscus circumcinctus
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Large Beetle - Water Beetle? - Dytiscus circumcinctus
Copyright © 2013 bradalaska

Large Beetle - Water Beetle? - Dytiscus circumcinctus
Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough County, Alaska, USA
September 4, 2013
Size: Longer than a Quarter
This beetle was in the back yard lawn. No standing water or ponds nearby. I think it is an Alaska Boreal Water Beetle. Have never seen one in Fairbanks before. 48 year resident.

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Contributed by bradalaska on 10 September, 2013 - 1:05am
Last updated 18 June, 2014 - 8:25pm

Moved
Moved from Dytiscus.
… Tim Loh, 17 September, 2013 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 17 September, 2013 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

Predaceous Diving Beetle
Maybe something from the Genus Dytiscus?:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/14511/bgpage
… Bill Myers, 10 September, 2013 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

 
Genus Dytiscus?
I think you nailed it, that's what it looks like to me.
Thanks,
… bradalaska, 10 September, 2013 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

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