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Water Beetles, beetles which live on or in the water.

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Water Beetles, beetles which live on or in the water.

"A larger species from Brazil, with very long front legs."

Epinectus Sulcatus

"A larger species from Brazil, with very long front legs."

"A distinct species, which exists in a little lake of mineral waters in France, where visitors amuse themselves by fishing for them with a line baited with bits of red cloth, which it attacks."

Gyrinus Distinctus

"A distinct species, which exists in a little lake of mineral waters in France, where visitors amuse…

"They swim rapidly, describing incessantly capricious circles. These movements have gained for them the name of Whirligigs. They have four eyes, the lower ones looking into the water, while the upper eyes look upward toward the air."

Gyrinus Natator

"They swim rapidly, describing incessantly capricious circles. These movements have gained for them…

"They swim rapidly, describing incessantly capricious circles. These movements have gained for them the name of Whirligigs. They have four eyes, the lower ones looking into the water, while the upper eyes look upward toward the air."

Larva of Gyrinus Natator

"They swim rapidly, describing incessantly capricious circles. These movements have gained for them…

"The <em>Gyrinus Striatus</em> is found in the waters of Southern Europe. These insects are all small, not exceeding, as a rule, one fifth of an inch in length."

Gyrinus Striatus

"The Gyrinus Striatus is found in the waters of Southern Europe. These insects are all small,…

"Water Beetles are beetles which live on or in the water. The Dytiscus, common in stagnant water, is olive-green above, and oval in shape. The respiratory organs of the perfect insect are not adapted to obaining air from the water; it comes occasionally to the surface of the water for air, where it lies on its back, the openings of its air tubes in the last segment of the abdomen, being exposed."&mdash;(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Water Beetle

"Water Beetles are beetles which live on or in the water. The Dytiscus, common in stagnant water, is…

Water Beetle larva, beetles which live on or in the water.

Larva

Water Beetle larva, beetles which live on or in the water.

The Whirligig (Dineutes vittatus) is an insect in the Gyrinidae family of water beetles.

Whirligig

The Whirligig (Dineutes vittatus) is an insect in the Gyrinidae family of water beetles.