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NPS National Capital Region Beetle Species Guide

A list of the beetles that have been observed in the National Parks of the National Capital Region. This includes parks like Catoctin Mountain Park, Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, Prince William Forest Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, and Wolf Trap National Park for the ...more ↓

Predatory Aquatic Beetles 1
Agabus
Calosoma frigidum 2
Fiery Searcher 3
Calosoma scrutator
Forest Caterpillar Hunter 4
Calosoma sycophanta
Punctured Tiger Beetle 5
Cicindela punctulata
Bronzed Tiger Beetle 6
Cicindela repanda
Eastern Red-bellied Tiger Beetle 7
Cicindela rufiventris
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 8
Cicindela sexguttata
Tiger Beetle 9
Cicindela unipunctata
Predaceous Diving Beetle
Coptotomus interrogatus
Whirligig Beetle 10
Dineutus assimilis
Predaceous Diving Beetles 11
Dytiscidae
Great Diving Beetle 12
Dytiscus marginalis
Vertical Diving Beetle
Dytiscus verticalis
Marsh Ground Beetle 13
Elaphrus
Whirligig Beetles 14
Gyrinidae
Gyrinus 15
Crawling Water Beetles 16
Haliplidae
Crawling Water Beetle 17
Haliplus fasciatus
Murky Ground Beetle 18
Harpalus caliginosus
Hydroporinae 1
Hydroporus 19
Hygrotus 2
Lebia grandis 20
Virginia Tiger Beetle 21
Megacephala virginica
Crawling Water Beetle 22
Peltodytes lengi
Pterostichus 23

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