Water beetle

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Water beetle is the name given to many separate families of beetles that live in the water. Typical water beetles are the whirligigs, the predaceous diving beetles, and the giant water scavenger beetles. Some of these water beetles live in the water all their lives. Other water beetles live in or near the water only in the larval (young) stage.

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