Ora texana (Texas Flea Marsh Beetle).
 
 
 
Photo: 07/02/16, 10 pm.


Ora texana is an aquatic beetle. in the family of Marsh beetles. Marsh beetles may go through as many as eleven instars and develop in stagnant and flowing water rich in decomposing plant material.  
 
 
bug guide (this photo):
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1250254
J. H. Epler, Florida DEP:
http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/dear/labs/biology/biokeys/beetles10.pdf