Dark Crawling Water Beetle
S1, iso-view
Ellura
Dark Crawling Water Beetle
S1 & S2, Two caught together
 
                      
Dark Crawling Water Beetle (Enochrus sp ES02)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Water Scavenger Beetle (Aquatic: Hydrophilidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Dark Crawling Water Beetle (Enochrus sp ES02)
This Photo:     S1, posterior

Thank you Dr Matthew Pintar for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~5mm long.
Note the lack of hairs on the legs typically associated with water beetles. These can't swim, but crawl like an ordinary beetle.

Copyright © 2023-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 06-Jun-2023
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.