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Photo by ChimeTsetan
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Field Notes

Notes:

shape and the texture hints towards it being a water bug.

Species ID Suggestions

Cybister spp.

Reference Link
Noe and Pili
2

Great diving beetle

Dytiscus marginalis
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
1

Comments (5)
Noe and Pili
I have a photo of another one very related to this one. It could be from Cybister genus: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6419619
ChimeTsetan
http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/species/insects/insectpages/dytiscidae.htm
abtaylor375
Looks to be a predaceous diving beetle, in the family dytiscidae.
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PublishedJune 11, 2011

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