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Psephenus (Water Pennies) Beetle LarvaPsephenus (Water Pennies) Beetle LarvaView 3 Pictures
Region: Northeast
Collected Mar 13, 2005
Added Apr 5, 2006

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Okeydokey01April 29th, 2008, 8:34 am
Posts: 2what do the water pennies eat?
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TaxonApril 29th, 2008, 7:47 pm
Mercer Island, WA

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Water penny beetle larvae feed on periphyton, a complex mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus coating the rocks to which they attach themselves. The adults are not aquatic.
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
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