Ok, so you’ve heard of pond dipping, but have you tried PUDDLE dipping? Who knew there’d be so much life in a stagnant muddy puddle?! Like our little springtail friend…hop to it!
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#coleoptera #helophoridae #waterbeetle

Cybister (Melanectes) brevis Aubé, 1838. 1. Instar I; 2, 3. Instar II; 4, 5. Instar III.

#LiteratureNotice Watanabe & Hayashi. Description of the larva of #Cybister (Melanectes) brevis Aubé, 1838 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Cybistrinae) doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #waterbeetle

New diving #beetle species 𝘙𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘭 described from 2,000 m above sea level at Mount Pompangeo, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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#newspecies #waterbeetle

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“…a light at the end of the Frog.”

Ursula Vernon’s Hugo acceptance speech for the Chengdu World Con ends with a fine parable for our times. Not paywalled, pls read.
#inspiration #waterbeetle #frog

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The brown diving #beetle ( #Agabus brunneus) was a common species in all #stream spots where we were collecting in southern France, but it is a rare and exciting species if you find it in the UK

#Dytiscidae #WaterBeetle #DivingBeetle

BBClub Meeting 2025 in southern France After working day and night in my Helsinki urban ponds in early May, I managed to attend our Balfour-Brown Water Beetle Club Meeting near Montpellier in southern France (Pictues 1 & 2)! As usua…

Amazing Balfour-Browne Water #Beetle Club Meeting 2025 in southern France 🇫🇷 Wonderful beetles, landscapes, and delicacies!!! 🥰🥰🥰 Read my blog to find out what we did!

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#Dytiscidae #WaterBeetle #Flamingo

A hand holds a large black water beetle, with an area of blue water and reeds blurred in the background

Exciting news from the weekend's #waterbeetle ID workshop! Attendees discovered a female Great Silver Water Beetle, only the fourth record for the Great Fen! #macroinvertebrates #aquaticworld #wildlife #fenland #PeatlandRestoration #conservation
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📸 Henry Stanier

2-day Introduction to Water Beetles with Kevin Rowley and Henry Stanier | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants An introduction to water beetles and how to identify them

Starts this Saturday and a couple of places are still available! Learn everything you didn't even know you wanted to know about wonderful water beetles! www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...

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Pas le plus sexy des insectes mais c'est bien badass une larve de Dytique (2022).

#artistsonbluesky #digitalart #digitalartist #art #illustration #entomology #insectart #bugsky #larvae #waterbeetle #dytique #dytiscus #larve #pondpredator

Wasp spider hanging from her web

Brian Eversham and three teen boys sit on the ground looking at plants in a white quadrat square

A common darter perched on a flower stem - Image Credit Janet Packham

The underside of a Great Silver Water Beetle seen through the side of a plastic tub of water

This year we're hosting @wildlifebcn.bsky.social workshops in #waterbeetle and #dragonfly identification, plus two days specifically for teens with @brianecambs.bsky.social - Intro to Ecology and Intro to Invertebrates! Places available www.wildlifebcn.org/get-involved... #conservation #training