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Back Swimmer

Description:

Small dark water beetle of some kind.

Notes:

Found floating in a mud puddle along a fourwheeler trail.

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2 Comments

AshleyAkers
AshleyAkers 12 years ago

Thank you. They swim very fast

Aonach_Eagach
Aonach_Eagach 12 years ago

Looks like a water boatman (called back-swimmers in the US 1 think) of the family Corixidae

AshleyAkers
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AshleyAkers

West Virginia, USA

Spotted on Jul 4, 2011
Submitted on Jul 5, 2011

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