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Click Beetle

Aluas oculatus

Photo by tomk3886
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Field Notes

Description:

Large black beetle with fake eyes on its thorax.

Habitat:

Found on a wood deck next to a large grass lawn.

Notes:

Playing dead in third pic. Would not click for us. Larvae are known as wire worms.

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