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What Is This Bug?

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What is this larvae? It's in Germany.

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That looks like the larvae of a Predaceous Diving Beetle.

https://birdphotographers.net/media/predaceous-diving-beetle-larva-family-dytiscidae-dytiscus-sp.102005/

[–] mst@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I've seen this bug here. So thats likely the right one. Thank you.

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

My first thought was a giant water bug. Similar picture here: https://animalia-life.club/qa/pictures/giant-water-bug-larvae