Bug FAQHydrochara soror
Hydrochara soror · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Hydrophilidae
Hydrochara soror is found in North America. It mainly eats other aquatic arthropods but will also consume plant matter.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
This beetle occurs in North American waters.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Its diet consists chiefly of other aquatic arthropods, with occasional plant material.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range is North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 15 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Ohio, Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Indiana, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Hydrophilidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrochara_soror
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Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.