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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Beetles
  6. Rove, Carrion, Hister, and Clown Beetles
  7. Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles

superfamily

Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles

Hydrophiloidea

Includes
97 native 4 introduced 7 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Water Scavenger Beetles 85 native
  • Elongate Water Scavenger Beetles 7 native
  • Helophoridae 4 native
  • Hooded Shore Beetles 1 native
  • Minute Mud-loving Beetles

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native water scavenger and clown beetles All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Collared Water Scavenger Beetle Tropisternus collaris 3,491 observations
  • Lateral-lined Water Beetle Tropisternus lateralis 3,401 observations
  • Giant Water Scavenger Beetle Hydrophilus triangularis 3,187 observations
  • Hydrophilus ovatus 1,479 observations
  • Cymbiodyta bifida 587 observations
  • Berosus pantherinus 160 observations
  • Tropisternus quadristriatus 141 observations
  • Hydrobiomorpha casta 129 observations
  • Tropisternus blatchleyi 100 observations
  • Anacaena limbata 84 observations
  • Berosus exiguus 59 observations
  • Enochrus ochraceus 48 observations
  • Checkered Water Beetle Sperchopsis tessellata 45 observations
  • Berosus peregrinus 36 observations
  • Water Scavenger Beetle Enochrus sayi 35 observations
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