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Whirligig beetle

Gyrinidae sp

Description:

some kind of swimming bug. never went under that i saw, just floated

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2 Comments

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

i read about that, pretty amazing

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

I've been trying to get good photos of Whirligig beetles, but they never seem to come out of the water. One neat feature is their eyes are divided into an upper half, that sees above the water line, and a lower half that sees below it.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/94262

antimatterhands
Spotted by
antimatterhands

Illinois, USA

Spotted on Jul 11, 2012
Submitted on Jul 11, 2012

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