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Click Beetle

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

This is a bit of a weird shaped Click Beetle. Family Elateridae. The "color" pattern on the elytra is due to numerous hairs. About 1.5 cm long.

Habitat:

Found drinking from a drop of water on a leaf in the garden.

Notes:

The white spot at the tip of the elytra is only on the left side and is not part of the beetle's natural color pattern.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
LaurenZarate
I went and found the beetle in the garden (white spot and all) and looked at it under a microscope. Definitely and totally a click beetle! :)
LaurenZarate
You know, my first thought was that it was a click beetle, but it seems to have the 2nd short antennal segment and I thought maybe it was like a Prionus or one of the short horned flower Cerambycids. I'll get back to you on this.
bayucca
Elateridae, Click Beetle. Antennae are too short for Cerambycidae.

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PublishedApril 15, 2013

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