Brown Diving Beetle vs Stinking willie

Agabus brunneus compared with Jacobaea vulgaris

Key Differences

Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Stinking willie is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Stinking willie
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Dytiscidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Agabus	Jacobaea
Species	Agabus brunneus	Jacobaea vulgaris

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Stinking willie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Stinking willie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Diving Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Sweden.

Stinking willie

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Brown Diving Beetle

The Brown Diving Beetle (Agabus brunneus) is a species in the genus Agabus. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.