Dytiscidae (family)
Unidentified diving beetle at Cook, ACT
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| Dytiscidae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 4 Feb 2021 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 19 Apr 2020 |
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User's notes
Actively swimming just below the surface of the water. Others seen crawling on the bottom in shallow water. Seem to 'breathe' through their tail end. A previous sighting (3398125) of what seems to be the same thing was tentatively identified as a Dipter(i)a larva, but the mouthparts were not visible. They always seem to be covered in debris.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.074599-35.269448
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- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 18 Apr 2020 02:09 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dytiscidae (family) Water beetles (several families) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Dytiscidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified diving beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 685.9m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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