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πŸͺ² Beetles

Giant Swamp Leaf Beetle

Donacia provostii

About

One of the larger species of reed beetle, with a metallic golden-green to coppery body and distinctive long antennae. Adults rest on emergent aquatic plants in wetlands.

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Did You Know?

Like all Donaciinae, larvae breathe underwater by piercing plant roots and tapping into the air spaces (aerenchyma) inside the plant tissue.