What is Water beetle?
[[File:Water beetle nagerhole.jpg|thumb|right|A water beetle out of water]] '''Water beetles''' are [[beetle]]s who live in water. Water beetles are black, brown, or greenish. They are 0.08 to 1.57&nbsp;inches long. There are 2,000 [[species]] of water beetles. These include [[whirligig beetle]]s (''Gyrinidae''), Haliplidae, Noteridae, Amphizoidae, [[Dytiscidae]], and Hydroscaphidae. ==References== *[http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/dear/labs/biology/biokeys/beetles.pdf Epler, J. H. 1996. Identification manual for the water beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae, Noteridae, Psephenidae, Ptilodactylidae, Scirtidae). (PDF, 9.0 MB)]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{biology-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Water Beetle}} [[Category:Beetles]]