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Common Name:
Water Scavenger Beetle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea
Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Hydrophilini
Species:
Hydrochara sp.

Hodges No:

Location:
Monhegan Island
Monhegan, ME
USA

Date: 8/30/07

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes: Agabinae (Predacious Diving Beetle) at left

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Hydrochara sp. Hydrophilidae
Water Scavenger Beetle
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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