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November 29, 2009
A beetle or cockroaches picture taken in Bali Indonesia.
Nick
Bali Indonesia
Predaceous Diving Beetle from Bali
Hi Nick,
This looks like a Predaceous Diving Beetle. BugGuide has images of a North American species in the genus Dysticus that looks similar, but we are uncertain as to your species or genus.
This beetle belongs to genus Cybister but is almost impossible to identify which species because then you would need picture taken from above and down but you can also try to google indonesian cybisters.
Mardikavana
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This beetle belongs to genus Cybister but is almost impossible to identify which species because then you would need picture taken from above and down but you can also try to google indonesian cybisters.
Posted 29 Nov 2009 at 1:03 pm ¶These guys are edible. I doubt that they’re eaten in Indonesia, but they’re pretty popular in: Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong and Southern China [i.e. Guangzhou?]. I tried them in Thailand; they’re fishy.
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