moosehooks
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2005
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A few weeks ago, a friend and I were in a parking lot in downtown Rochester, NY, when we came across what I originally thought was a shiny stone. Turns out it was a large beetle, which I thought was pretty weird considering that it was very cold out and a lot of snow had only just melted away. Anyway, we got it home and noticed that it had flipper-like appendages. I was only used to the really tiny water beetles and such, so we decided to use a 'sink-or-swim' test to see if it was indeed a water beetle. It swam like a champ.
We didn't know what to feed it, but I knew that many water bugs were carnivorous, so we gave it a dead cricket, which it ate at some point during the night. The next day, our roommate had some leftover feeder goldfish from a photoshoot, so we threw one in with the beetle. I didn't expect what happened next:
So after some searching, we've determined that we have a predaceous diving beetle. It's constantly moving about, and will readily attack anything in its bowl. Pretty awesome freebie!
We didn't know what to feed it, but I knew that many water bugs were carnivorous, so we gave it a dead cricket, which it ate at some point during the night. The next day, our roommate had some leftover feeder goldfish from a photoshoot, so we threw one in with the beetle. I didn't expect what happened next:
So after some searching, we've determined that we have a predaceous diving beetle. It's constantly moving about, and will readily attack anything in its bowl. Pretty awesome freebie!