The Great Diving Beetle is an Impressive Underwater Hunter 💧 Macro Worlds | Smithsonian Channel 

Scu-bug diver. Sucha missed opurtunity

That is straight up a Pokémon name I swear

I used to catch these beetles in small ponds back in Trinidad 🇹🇹

that would of been cool.

we knew about diving beetles long before scuba was invented.

Ester?

Unless...u r a frog...or small fish...

Adaptation ?!! more like..God creation 🙏

@@hamzasat yeah, through evolution...

It hurts baby frogs, it sucks in my opinion

Had to catch diving beetle larval forms in my school years too. Agree about avoiding touching them with fingers. But small nets was just fine for them.

-3 points for not saying 'wee lad'

@@ikigai47 oí!

I agree, the bite from these guys is not pleasant

Ew the larvae looks marginally scarier than the grown ups

My eye, my eye!

Most of the scenes are probably set in aquariums but still you need to be a good cameraman and naturist to set them so nice. I love this video

I enjoyed it as well!

Yea like someone said, I doubt this was filmed in lake. Most documentaries with small animals or insects are actually set in studio.

That thought crossed me as well 😂

You mean explaining to children the outcome of milions of years,,,, actually scratch that. It would be interesting to make a serious 1.5 hour movie about how creatures like this could evolve in an animated yet serious and fact checked way. I mean heavy sgi lion king quality video and Pulp Fiction voiceover with heroes and their adventure's Beetlejuice - Battle for Survival. Imagine how many episodes that could be for every creature that walked on earth

@@AlexSBTM k

@@boa7648 yup

what a nightmare

Probably pretty hungry in there lolz

Beetles don't sting

@5000jboxa oh really? thanks for the info! i don’t think OP knew that

Megcsípte a picsádat?

Ahha ok XD

They really are. Our chemicals actually make life for aquatic insects harder. Since they rely on surface tension to breathe and move, since that's what creates bubbles since for insects water is very adhesive. And so they use the oxygen help themselves safe along with hydrophobic oils. However chemicals such as soap and hand sanitizer disturbs surface tension which causes them to drown. This is a serious issue in areas of pollution.

It’s sad that we tend to look deeper once there is a problem, but many times we notice the problem too late.

ooooohhh how the tables have turned😏

Right

Wait till u see spider who had its own scuba gear...

I first learned about this creature from an anime called Terraformars. Not for the MC having the ability that came from Bagworm moth, the main heroine would have already drowned. Though it was not the best and was beaten outside the water, it was one of the creature that stuck to me in how cool its ability was.

they can't. Only this one can

@@chestnutrice9855 no, there are more species of diving beetles

Your Dictator that's how I got my first one! My second I caught in the pond by my house.

Pool in france that had to be cleaned up after 2 months, ~500 of these things swimming about. Especially funny when we used a pump to let out excess water as they just kept spouting out the hoze.

Thats funny cus i found one in my kids swimming pool last summer

Well its going extinct so...

@@tsurek unfortunately youre right.

Confused🤔

It dosn,t convert it,he backs up to the surface and traps air under the tail end of his wings..

These things are comon in uk

I'm fascinated by some bugs. These creatures? No way.

Als je ze in België hebt, zullen ze in Nederland ook wel zitten denk ik? Ik had vorige week zo'n larve in de vijver, een hele middag geGoogled en geen idee waar ik naar keek😂😂

​@@mariskaajoy3899hiii

Did you sleep?

I've never seen one ever again for over 10 years. I missed those beetles.

I see hundreds every year. If you so much as keep a bucket if water they'll show up.

Jimmy Houston, a World Famous Angler says that there's a lure called the Beatle Spin. He has 2 yt channels. 1 called Catch of the Day, a daily devotional and fishing tip. 1 is his fishing channel. I sub to both channels on YT.

Cameraman always survives.

me coyote peterson

he calls it the toe biter nasty

Yeah I started thinking that after the dude said they are from Europe.

That's cool.

I've known of them for a long time because of how many books I've read. Only a few years ago did I accidentally catch my first one while trying to catch frogs.

look no further, they inhabit literally every still water on every continent

Considering they are already struggling you really shouldn't remove any from the wild, that would only hurt their population even more.

Probably

Well, yea. Lol. How else would they get these shots? You can tell easily tell by looking at the vegetation in the background. It's not moving at all.

But it's still cool to see the action nonetheless

@Peri OListo well I'm not paying to see the video, so no complain from me. To each their own ofc

most definitely

I had that happen when I was 12. It was the beetle not the larvae but needless to say, I didn’t go swimming again that Summer.

How big are they?

About 2 inches long

😂😂😂

I saw it did the first time but now it doesn’t move, im bugging it too

N dragonfly larvae...

@@eleethtahgra7182 lol 😂

Nerve syste; still fired up

O_o

Get a pool with waterplants in your garden. This will attract water insects and amphibians who can be eaten by the beetle larvae. Dont have fish in the pond as they eat amphibian eggs. In ponds with fish there are very few amphibians so no tadpoles to eat for the beetle. The beetle can eat fish though but its mostly the larvae that needs help.

Praise the bug

Scarabs be like:

@Trey Stephens Non Optional Phear Exists..

The larvae, adults are kind of cute