Gyrinidae sp. (family)
Unidentified whirligig beetle at Lochiel, NSW
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| Gyrinidae sp. (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 23 Jan 2022 | ||
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 22 Jan 2022 |
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User's notes
At first they looked like little fish. But they appeared to be on top of the water and looked like a beetle. They were dark grey on the top, but they often turned on their side which was lighter. At the rear was a darker patch that make it look like a fish tail. Larger ones were chasing smaller ones all over the place. Don't know what they were.
1 comment
23 Jan 2022
wait... a whirligig is a real thing and not just the spinning thing on a weather vane? didn't know that.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.813091-36.911423
- Places Lochiel, NSW
Sighting information
- 8 Abundance
- 5 Jan 2022 07:29 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- KylieWaldon South Coast NatureMapr Gyrinidae sp. (family) Water beetles (several families) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Gyrinidae sp. (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified whirligig beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1024.2m Recorded at altitude
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