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Whirligig beetle
Gyrinidae
-6.74, 107.01
Field Notes
Description:
About 25mm in size, flattened body grey-silver colour not easy to see on the water, short antennae, their divided eyes are believed to enable them to see both above and below water.
Habitat:
Spotted during a raining morning walk at Kebun Raya Cibodas, a 80ha area above 1.400 metres high, mix of botanical park with big trees & palms and surrounded by rainforest at the foot of Gene volcano, Java - Indonesia.
It was in a small canal of water that cross the park. Water beetles usually can be found swimming on the surface of the water and underwater if threatened.
Notes:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Gyrinidae
Reference Links:
Whirligig beetle - Wikipedia
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2017
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