Great diving beetle

Today I discovered a special guest in our garden, a Great diving beetle. It looked tired and so I brought it to the nearest fresh water brook where it directly used its large back legs to swim away and hide in the mud. Hopefully I chose a good place.

The photo: iPhone and plastic magnifier since my macro lens is unreachable in my tiny room in Tromsø.

Translation:

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Great diving beetleGelbrandkäferGulbrämad dykareDytiscus marginalis