BEETLES: Water Beetles

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BEETLES: Water Beetles

COMMON NAME:	Water beetle
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	Rhantus
Species:	.
Date:	09/04/2004
Location:	Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ

water beetle

ID: http://bugguide.net/node/view/90309/bgimage

COMMON NAME:	Water beetles feeding on dead Triops
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	Thermonectus or Acilius
Species:	.
Date:	09/04/2004
Location:	Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ

water beetle

ID: http://bugguide.net/node/view/195093/bgimage. Possibly Acilius sulcatus.

COMMON NAME:	Water beetle larva
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	09/04/2004
Location:	Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ

water beetle

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COMMON NAME:	Giant water beetle
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	09/21/2008
Location:	Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ

giant water beetle

Note snail upper center, and mayfly larvae center-left and on hind leg

COMMON NAME:	Diving water beetle⁴
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	3/24/2003
Location:	Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ

water beetle

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COMMON NAME:	Diving water beetle⁴
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	3/24/2003
Location:	Ramsey Canyon, Hamburg Trail #122, Cochise Co., AZ

water beetle

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COMMON NAME:	Whirligig Water beetles⁴
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Gyrinidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	3/24/2003
Location:	Ramsey Canyon, Hamburg Trail #122, Cochise Co., AZ

water beetles

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