diving beetle

The jaws of a great diving beetle are strong compared to their body size.

The great diving beetle, true to its name, is a rather sizable insect.

Examples of species with grasping traits are water striders and diving beetles.

The predatory diving beetles are on view under the sign "Blazing Paddles."

Copelatus is a large genus of small diving beetles.

Diving beetles, such as the Dytiscidae, carry a bubble of air with them when they dive.

Sunburst diving beetles live in ponds and lakes and swim well.

These are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles.

Examples of aquatic insects include dragonfly larvae, water boatmen, and diving beetles.

A classic example occurs in diving beetles, family Dytiscidae.

Unable to get air, female diving beetles submit to the male's advances in order to avoid drowning (and they lose the energy to resist).

Copelatus minor is a species of diving beetle.

The sunburst diving beetle has a black and streamlined carapace covered with bright yellow or golden spots.

Their predators include great diving beetle larvae (when in tadpole form), snakes, skunks, and larger frogs.

Underwater Safari This month we look as the Great Diving Beetle.

Their larvae, like those of predaceous diving beetles, do not possess eggshell-bursters on the head.

The wet bogland is also a habitat for frogs, pondskaters and diving beetles.

Algae on the rocks, caddis larvae, diving beetles, some simple aquatic plants, and a few rushes.

Dragonfly nymphs, water-boatmen and the great diving beetle (Dytiscus) are carnivores.

Tadpoles are highly vulnerable to being eaten by fish, newts, predatory diving beetles, and birds, such as kingfishers.

For the genus of diving beetles, see Acilius (genus).

Other wildlife includes Kingfisher's, great diving beetles and amphibians such as the common frog and palmate newt.

In diving beetle species family Dytiscidae, an intersexual arms race occurs between males and females.

The adult Diving Beetle emerge from the moisten earth from hibernation and pupation.

Spotted diving beetles have also been observed swarming a prey item and feeding en masse.