Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order COLEOPTERA
Family DRYOPIDAE
(Long-toed Water Beetles)
These beetles (13 NA spp) resemble Elmids in having long tarsal claws. Larvae and adults aquatic, but adults sometimes found on vegetation.
Helichus
spp collected in Minnesota. This Family not collected at Cedar Creek.
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Last updated May, 2000