water beetle

Any of various aquatic beetles, especially the diving beetles of the family Dytiscidae, having a smooth oval body and flattened and fringed hind legs used for swimming.

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water beetle

(Animals) any of various beetles of the families Dysticidae, Hydrophilidae, etc, that live most of the time in freshwater ponds, rivers, etc. See whirligig beetle

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wa′ter bee`tle

any of various aquatic beetles, as a predaceous diving beetle of the family Dytiscidae.

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

beetle - insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

Dytiscidae, family Dytiscidae - water beetles

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PREDATION BY LARVA OF WATER BEETLE (COLEOPTERA: DYTISCIDAE) AND CANNIBALISM IN LITHOBATES BERLANDIERI (ANURA: RANIDAE) IN HUATUSCO, VERACRUZ, MEXICO

DEPREDACION POR LARVA DE ESCARABAJO DE AGUA (COLEOPTERA: DYTISCIDAE) Y CANIBALISMO EN LITHOBATES BERLANDIERI (ANURA: RANIDAE) EN HUATUSCO, VERACRUZ, MEXICO

The disturbance caused by the spider capturing the pupfish attracted a water beetle (Cybister fimbriolatus).

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

"It is home to an astonishing array of wildlife including lapwings, otters, water voles, the great silver water beetle and the world's smallest flowering plant, wolffia - all reasons we need to stand up and protect this part of our country before it is lost forever.

'We need to protect this part of our country before it is lost forever'

Un ffordd o ddenu anifeiliaid fel llyffantod a brogaod i'ch gardd ydi drwy greu pwll bach, ac yn fuan iawn mi fydd trychfilod fel gwas y neidr, mursennod (damselflies), rhiain y dwr (pond-skater) a chwilen y dwr (water beetle) yno hefyd.

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In Brazil, there are an increasing number of papers that mention water beetle fauna, but most are of an ecological nature and about the family.

Water beetles in mountainous regions in southeastern Brazil/Coleoptera aquaticos em regioes montanhosas no sudeste do Brasil

It has an incredible array of insects and at least 33 species of water beetle alone have been recorded.

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(9.) Longley G and Spangler PJ: The larva of a new subterranean water beetle, Haideoporus texanus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae).

Variation in stemmatal morphology of larvae of Liodessus noviaffinis Miller (Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini)