Ratmosphere Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 I found this dude at work this morning. The crazy thing is that it was found on the pavement! This is the first time I ever saw a water scavenger beetle. It seems that all of the huge and most interesting bugs that I find are in the inner cities. Just the other day I found a dead Calosoma Scrutator there too. That was the first time seeing that species as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Cool! I have found huge dead water scavenger beetles here, but have yet to see a live one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade of Eclipse Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 The only time I've found a scavenger beetle was on my cement driveway with the nearest bodies of water miles away. I have no doubt that many aquatic beetles take flight to search for new bodies of water to reproduce in and perhaps the ones we found had gotten exhausted and needed a little break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticora Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 awesome,nice find,but it's a diving beetle most likely dytiscus sp. i keep both sp. easy to keep very hardy,and eat like crazy,the 1 you have will eat any small living thing you put with it,the water scavengers eat mostly dead items,plant material.have fun with that little bugger if ya plan to keep it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticora Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 awesome,nice find,but it's a diving beetle most likely dytiscus sp. i keep both sp. easy to keep very hardy,and eat like crazy,the 1 you have will eat any small living thing you put with it,the water scavengers eat mostly dead items,plant material.have fun with that little bugger if ya plan to keep it it could also be cybister aswell(possibliy) oops didn't mean to double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Pretty sure that's Cybister sp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted October 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Unfortunately it died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Just found some water scavenger beetles today, but not the big ones. These guys are half an inch long. Still, should be fun keeping them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticora Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 ah, sorry that it died ,they are fun to keep,i have a large male cybister that is super aggressive when food items are introduced into it's tank,hopefully you'll find somemore,water scavengers are cool too,but not aggressive at all the large 1 i have loves frozen bloodworms seems to leave the water plants alone, they are all a blast to keep,have fun with the little guys hisserdude, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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