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Psephenus (Water Pennies) Beetle LarvaPsephenus (Water Pennies) Beetle Larva View 3 Pictures
Collected March 13, 2005 from Cascadilla Creek in New York
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Okeydokey01April 29th, 2008, 5:34 am
Posts: 2what do the water pennies eat?
TaxonApril 29th, 2008, 4:47 pm
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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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