Here is my pet Dytiscus-the Giant Predaceous diving beetle.
The Giant predaceous water beetle
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You know, that is a great picture of a really interesting pet! Thanks for sharing.
How large are they?
Peter
How large are they?
Peter
they are 1.5 inches in length for the giant, &.5 inches for the acilius.
I'm looking forward to spending a week in Arizona, this August 2008. One of the goals in seeing bugs in the desert is to find water! Last time I was there I did manage to see 3 good-sized species of waterbeetles. I saw the familiar Sunburst Diving beetles and two other inch long species.
Sounds Great!! Where I live there are no Sunbursts. they are very beautiful specimens. I would love to raise them!!!!
I've only ever collected one in my 2 trips down to Arizona. I know that people can find hundreds of them at the right time and place, but such has not been my luck. Of course, I'll be on the lookout!
Note to self: bring water net!
Note to self: bring water net!
Morpheus_UK
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Nice photo, seem similar to the great diving beetles we have here, or they are the great diving beetles if your in England
I remember when i was a little kid going to a cathedral school trip once finding massive larvae of them once, all i had was a full pop bottle i soon swigged down in way for the beetles
sadly though was caught by the teacher back at school who forced me to put them in the school pond againt mine, for some reason there was whole lot less wild life in that pond next year
I remember when i was a little kid going to a cathedral school trip once finding massive larvae of them once, all i had was a full pop bottle i soon swigged down in way for the beetles
wow! awesome! you can never get enough of these beetles,in fla we have the smaller cybister sp.which are just as beautiful.thanks for sharing.Nice photo, seem similar to the great diving beetles we have here, or they are the great diving beetles if your in EnglandI remember when i was a little kid going to a cathedral school trip once finding massive larvae of them once, all i had was a full pop bottle i soon swigged down in way for the beetlessadly though was caught by the teacher back at school who forced me to put them in the school pond againt mine, for some reason there was whole lot less wild life in that pond next year
We have a species of cybister here aswell. And, I agree they are beautiful.