Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Diving Beetle

I spied this little creature trying to dart around and stay under branches and leaf cover in the shallows, making it hard to photograph - it's a predaceous diving beetle.


They have long hairs on their back legs like tassels to help with swimming, and are able to breathe underwater by using the oxygen from the air bubble trapped under their wing cases.


Peek-a-boo!

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