Hydroporus incognitus
A small (3 to 3.5 mm) dark brownish water beetle with paler creamy orange coloured markings which vary from one specimen to another.
In still water such as ponds and in slow moving water.
Spring to autumn.
Widespread and common in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 39 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Graham Calow
Sapcote
03 April 2012
specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Dytiscidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 02/07/1989 (Derek Lott)
- Last record:
- 22/08/2016 (WATSON, William)
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