Sunburst Diving Beetle

Description

The Sunburst Diving Beetle, Thermonectus marmoratus, is probably the most spectacular US diving beetle species. Though not as large as some of the other US species their yellow-gold spots make them the prettiest.

Limit 2 per person due to low inventory. $10 ea

Note: you can keep these with banded diving beetles or any other diving or scavenger beetle available on the website as they are all communal in tanks together. These popular sunburst diving beetles are never quite as available as the bandeds and I would recommend you fill up some of the space in your tank and reflect the diversity of aquatic beetles.

An awesome aquatic insect that feeds on live prey considerably larger than themselves, including crickets and roaches (and live fish and tadpoles in nature). We simply drop various dead or dying bugs in their tanks like crickets, moths or roaches and they predate them. We prefer moths or house flies since they float, but also supplement them with small fish food pellets (also available on this site).

These live in freshwater. Because they breathe air through their abdomens water quality isn’t the same issue with them as it is with fish, etc. Provide a small bit of floating material in the tank for them to hold onto.

We guarantee live arrival on these wild caught beetles with overnight shipping, but nothing thereafter. If DOA, you will be refunded for the specimen but not shipping, so buyer beware. Please select overnight shipping for this species.

Aquatic Insect Tank Set up Care Sheet. Click Here!

A video from my YouTube Channel…

Also, they appear in this video from my @bugsincyberspace TikTok channel…

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