Great diving beetle  (Dytiscus marginalis)

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Range

Found in Europe and northern Asia and is common in Britain (2).

You can view distribution information for this species at the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.

Habitat

This water beetle is common in most aquatic habitats, in both still and running water (2), and frequently occurs in garden ponds. It is scarcer in chalk and limestone areas (1), and seems to prefer ponds with plenty of weeds (4).

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