Eretes sticticus
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| Eretes sticticus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Eretes |
| Species: | E. sticticus |
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| Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
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Eretes sticticus, the western erete, is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas from the southern United States to Peru.[4] This species preys specifically on mosquito larvae in ponds and pools.[5] They can kill up to all the instar larvae of the mosquito depending on size and density of the prey. [5]
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