2 Unidentified diving beetle at Molonglo Valley, ACT
Identification history
| Dytiscidae (family) | 10 Nov 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Dytiscidae (family) | 10 Nov 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Trichoptera (order) | 9 Nov 2022 | RobG1 |
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User's notes
In a little stream running over the fire trail. Several tadpoles close to the larvae, but when they swam too close the larvae would launch a sudden attack and scare them off.
1 comment
Alice
wrote:
13 Nov 2022
Certainly looks like a dytiscid larva. Nice images, and description of predatory behaviour.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.010960-35.298340
- Maps Piney Ridge Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 8 Nov 2022 11:33 AM Recorded on
- RobG1 Recorded by
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Collections
RobG1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dytiscidae (family) Water beetles (several families) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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