Water Tiger

colour photo of a transparent 6 legged insect on a red surface

Water Tiger

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Dytiscidae

Water tigers have a long, slender body shape. While they don’t physically resemble predaceous diving beetles, water tigers are their larval or immature form. Water tigers store air in their trachea (windpipe) and come up to the surface of the water to breath through the ends of their abdomens. Water Tigers are great predators and play an important role in mosquito population control.