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Large brown click beetle

Conoderus tabidus

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Quite large for a click beetle this one crash in while photographing moths. About 40mm long and with tan-mahogany colouring like nicely polished brown boots.

Habitat:

Attracted to strong night lights at the local school.

Notes:

Elateridae - Conoderus tabidus?
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/coleoptera_families/elaterid…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zosterops/6161428110/

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:11…

The larvae of click beetles are commonly known as wireworms

Reference Links:

Conoderus tabidus - Overview, Conoderus tabidus - Wikipedia, http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Conoderus%20ta…

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PublishedOctober 15, 2013

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