The life history of this minute water scavenger has never been
described. The small, elongate beetles are often overlooked unless one
collects especially for them. They are found either in flowing or stand-
ing water and occur most frequently where the shore is muddy or
gravelly.
The text is from the article “Studies on the biology of the aquatic hydrophilidae,” by Edward Avery Richmond, reprinted in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XLII, Art. I, pp. 1-94, (1920). Click here to read it online or download it free from the Internet Archive.
artwork by Joanne Stanbridge, 2013
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