Dytiscidae

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Dytiscidae - water beetles

family Dytiscidae

arthropod family - any of the arthropods

Coleoptera, order Coleoptera - beetles

water beetle - any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming

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Feeding behavior of the predaceous diving beetle Cybister fimbriolatus (Say).

Predation of a pupfish by a fishing spider subsequently stolen by a diving beetle

Facultative insects that were observed at Woodstock vernal pools include caddisfly, predaceous diving beetle, mayfly, the tiny fingernail clam, and the blood-red Chironomid midge larvae.

A (vernal) pool of knowledge; Wildlife springs eternal

Using this same method of breathing, the predaceous diving beetle pursues insects as well as small fish and amphibians when the opportunity arises.