Swimming

78Six Legs

Bug Bite · From the file on Riffle Beetle

Riffle beetles are NOT SWIMMERS — they cannot swim through open water like other aquatic beetles. Instead, they WALK on stream-bottom rocks AGAINST THE CURRENT using strong claws and hydrodynamic body shape.

AgencySmithsonian InstitutionVerified by sources

Read the full file on Riffle Beetle

More Swimming bites

Diving Bell Spider (Argyroneta aquatica)

Swimming

Six Legs79

The diving bell spider is the only spider that lives its entire adult life underwater.

Diving Bell SpiderVerified by sources

Swimming

Six Legs76

Pillbugs breathe through modified gills that must stay moist — that's why they live in damp places.

Common PillbugVerified by sources