APHOTOFAUNA

An online educational resource dedicated to the photography of
terrestrial wildlife and their habitats, found across South-West
England and the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula by David Fenwick.

Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Beetles (Coleoptera Images)
Suborder: Adephaga >

Predaceous Diving Beetles (Family: Dytiscidae)

Subfamily: Agabinae

Agabus
Agabus bipustulatus - A Diving Beetle

Ilybius
Ilybius fuliginosus - A Mud Dweller

Subfamily: Hydroporinae > Tribe: Hydroporini

Stictotarsus
Stictotarsus duodecimpustulatus - A Diving Beetle

Whirligig Beetles (Family: Gyrinidae)

Subfamily: Gyrininae > Tribe: Gyrinini

Gyrinus
Gyrinus substriatus - Whirligig Beetle

Suborder: Adephaga > Superfamily: Haliploidea

Crawling Water Beetles (Family Haliplidae)

Haliplus
Haliplus species (possibly H. ruficollis)
- A Crawling Water Beetle

Suborder: Polyphaga > Infraorder: Elateriformia >
Superfamily: Byrrhoidea >

Riffle Beetles (Family Elmidae)

Elmis
Elmis aenea - Riffle beetle (aquatic larvae)

Variegated Mud-loving Beetles (Heteroceridae)

Heterocerus
Heterocerus fenestratus (Thunberg, 1784)
- A Variegated Mud-loving Beetle

Suborder: Polyphaga > Infraorder: Staphyliniformia >
Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea >

Water Scavenger Beetles (Family: Helophoridae)

Helophorus
Helophorus species (1) - A Water Scavenger Beetle

Water Scavenger Beetles (Family: Hydrophilidae)

Subfamily: Hydrophilinae

Enochrus
Enochrus halophilus - A Water Scavenger Beetle

Subfamily: Sphaeridiinae

Cercyon
Cercyon depressus - A Water Scavenger Beetle
Cercyon melanocephalus ? - A Water Scavenger Beetle

Sphaeridium
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
- A Water Scavenger Beetle

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