whirligig beetle

(Subfamily Gyrininae)

Overview
whirligig beetle (Subfamily Gyrininae)
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

7, 24, 27, 30, 82.

 
  9/12/2022      
         
 
Taxonomy
 
 

Order

Coleoptera (beetles)  
 

Suborder

Adephaga (ground and water beetles)  
 

Superfamily

Gyrinoidea  
 

Family

Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

Genus Dineutus

Genus Gyrinus

 
       
 

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Common Names

 
 

This subfamily has no common name. The common name for the family Gyrinidae is whirligig beetles

and is used here for convenience.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Nolan Family

 
 

Found on a path & wanted to ID before returning to water.

 
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Other Videos
 
  Whirligig Beetle (Gyrinidae: Dineutus) Behavior
Carl Barrentine
 
   
 
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Uploaded on Sep 13, 2009

Photographed at Mekinock, North Dakota (13 September 2009).

 
  More Whirligig Beetles
Ken Hall
 
   
 
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Uploaded on Sep 1, 2010

They've moved away from the dock and now hang out along a sandy shore. Don't know if they meant to wind up here or if it's just a random arrival because of the way they swim ...

 
  Whirligig Beetle (Gyrinidae: Gyrinus)
Carl Barrentine
 
   
 
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Uploaded on Jun 25, 2009

Photographed near Mekinock, North Dakota (25 June 2009).

 
  Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae: Gyrinus) Sunning
Carl Barrentine
 
   
 
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Uploaded on Aug 19, 2009

Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (18 August 2009). "How is it possible that I am so incapable of passing on to others...the vision of the marvelous unity in which I find myself immersed." --Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

 

 

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  Nolan Family
9/11/2022

Location: Lakeville, Dakota County, MN

Found on a path & wanted to ID before returning to water.

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