Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order COLEOPTERA
Family NOTERIDAE
(Burrowing Water Beetles)
The Burrowing Water Beetles (17 NA spp) resemble Dytiscids, but adults have the scutellum hidden. Larvae burrow in the mud.
Hydrocanthus iricolor
has been collected in Minnesota. None collected at CCNHA.
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Last updated May, 2000