Bug and Insect Illustration (Illustrator)

Spotted Crawling Water Beetle with ridged brown wing covers, illustrated in colored pencil, watercolor and gouache.

Crawling Water Beetle (Haliplidae), colored pencil, watercolor, and gouache

Commissioned by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

About crawling water beetles:

Crawling water beetles do not swim well. They live among aquatic plants near freshwater ponds, lakes and streams. According to bugguide.net, crawling water beetles feed on "oligochaet worms, small crustaceans, hydrozoans, the eggs of midges, and algae".

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda (having a segmented body with appendages on each segment)
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Haliplidae

More about crawling water beetles:
Wikipedia: Haliplidae

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