Dytiscidae – Cybister tripunctatus – Diving Beetle

Order Coleoptera; Family Dytiscidae (Predacious Diving Beetles); Scientific name: Cybister tripunctatus; Common name: Predacious Diving Beetle; Alternative common name: Water Beetle – Consuming a dead frog and at the same time trying to drag it underwater - Distribution in Australia: found all over Australia and Tasmania – Distribution outside Australia: southern Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands plus East Timor to Java - Photographed: in November, in Geeraning Nature Reserve north-east of Mukinbudin, Western Australia.