Dark Crawling Water Beetle S1, iso-view | Dark Crawling Water Beetle S1 & S2, Two caught together | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
Family: | Water Scavenger Beetle (Aquatic: Hydrophilidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Dark Crawling Water Beetle (Enochrus sp ES02) | ||||
This Photo: | S1, posterior | ||||
Thank you Dr Matthew Pintar for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~5mm long. Note the lack of hairs on the legs typically associated with water beetles. These can't swim, but crawl like an ordinary beetle. | |||||
| |||||
|