Agabetes acuductus

Agabetes acuductus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Dytiscidae

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Agabetes acuductus
Photo: Sean Golden, CC BY

Agabetes acuductus lives in wooded wetlands, often among leaf litter in shaded pools and cattail ponds. It is found across the United States and Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

The species occurs in the United States and Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 18 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Vermont, New York, Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware, Michigan.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Agabetes acuductus photo 2
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY

Same family (Dytiscidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agabetes_acuductus

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