Insect Orders
The Haliplidae Family: Crawling Water Beetles
Haliplus sp.
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Peltodytes edentulus
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Haliplus sp.
- Common Name: Water Crawling Beetle
- Identifying Features: Larva: has small dorsal projections. Adult: Has a spot on the pronotum just before the head (not seen in picture)
- Time of Year Found: Larva: Spring. Adult: All year
- Size of Mature Larva: 4.5mm Adult: 4mm
- Habitat: Filamentous Algae
- Other Information: This beetle swims with its legs spread out, and "shuffles" through the water
- Figures:
a. Mature larva
b. Dorsal side of adult
c. Ventral side of adult
Peltodytes edentulus
- Common Name: Water Crawling Beetle
- Identifying Features: Larva: has long dorsal projections. Adult: has two small dots at base of Pronotum.
- Time of Year Found: Larva: Spring. Adult: All year.
- Size of Mature Larva: 4mm Adult: 4mm
- Habitat: Filamentous Algae
- Other Information: It swims in a way similar to Haliplus sp. by "shuffling" its legs
- Figures:
d. Mature larva
e. Dorsal view of adult
f. Ventral view of adult