Lesser silver water beetle  (Hydrochara caraboides)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Hydrophilidae
Genus Hydrochara
Size Body length: 15 mm
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Status

Classified as Endangered (UK), and protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.