![]() | Green Diving Beetle Ventral | Giant Inland Water Scavenger Beetle Dorsal | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
Family: | Diving Beetle (Water: Dytiscidae) | ||||
Species: | Predacious Diving Beetle (Rhantus suturalis) | ||||
This Photo: | Dorsal, in water | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~13mm long. Found worldwide, and the first live diving beetle we've found. One specimen found in December. | |||||
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