diving beetle
noun
: any of various predatory aquatic beetles (family Dytiscidae) that breathe while submerged using air trapped under their elytra
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Capelatus prykei, a 0.3-inch diving beetle found in Cape Town wetlands, is an orphan of a bug, earning it its own genus.
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Brenda Poppy, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2015
But such lenses have been around for millions of years, on the nightmarish face of the sunburst diving beetle.
—Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2011
Various species of aquatic insects, such as the predaceous diving beetle, use bubbles for breathing underwater.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
From horror to hope Scientists have known for a few decades that diving beetles share the waterlogged limestone cavern known as Devil’s Hole with the pupfish.
—Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2019
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Brenda Poppy, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2015
But such lenses have been around for millions of years, on the nightmarish face of the sunburst diving beetle.
—Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2011
Various species of aquatic insects, such as the predaceous diving beetle, use bubbles for breathing underwater.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
From horror to hope Scientists have known for a few decades that diving beetles share the waterlogged limestone cavern known as Devil’s Hole with the pupfish.
—Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2019
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