Lateral-lined water beetle
The lateral-lined water beetle is a dark beetle with pale stripes along its edges. It lives in ponds, but it breathes air, so it comes up to the surface. It can also fly from pond to pond.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
It can make little sounds by rubbing parts of its body together, when it is stressed, calling or looking for a mate.
The mother lays her eggs in little cases under water.
Its larvae live all the time in the water.
It stays away from ponds with fish, because fish could eat it and its young.
People once carried it by accident to the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
Most asked questions about Lateral-lined water beetle
?Can the lateral-lined water beetle fly?
Yes. It lives in water, but it can fly to find a new pond.
?How does the lateral-lined water beetle breathe under water?
It breathes air, so it comes up to the surface to get some.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tropisternus lateralis
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1775
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Hydrophilidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Hydrophilidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Tropisternus lateralis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Fredlyfish4. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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