Click Beetle
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Alaus
Alaus oculatus
Adults reach a length of 24-45 mm . The adult beetle is long and thin (Arnett, et al 1980). Alaus oculatus has distinctive eyespots that cover about one third the length of the pronotum. These large white… More »
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The family Elateridae is commonly called click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them form the related Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae), elaters , snapping beetles , spring beetl...
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Get information, facts, and pictures about click beetle at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about click beetle easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary. ... click beetle common name for members of the widespread beetle family Elateridae. Also called elater...
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of Conservation ****:CLICK BEETLE Hardly a country boy or girl has not been entertained by the acrobatic performances of a long, straight-sided, short-legged beetle that they called a Click Beetle, Skipjack, Snapping Bug or Break-back.
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Common Name: Click beetle; wireworm ; Scientific Name: Varies; Order: Coleoptera ... The eyed click beetle, Alaus oculatus (Linnaeus), reaches 1-½ inches in length and is beautifully marked with prominent oval eye spots on the pronotum and mottled gray wing covers.
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Athous haemorroidallis; (The Common Click Beetle) ... When the Click beetle falls on it's back it rights itself by somersaulting. It arches it's back so that a notch on the peg engage with a lip on the edge of the pit. Under the tension of the peg moving muscle the peg slams into the pit throwing the beetle up into the...
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Nature: The Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus) has huge false eyespots that probably deter potential predators. Bird. Banding. ... Occasionally, a Click Beetle will take flight during its midair maneuver, but more often it simply falls back to earth. If it lands on its back the beetle may "click" again, or it may tightly...
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The eyed click beetle has two large black eyespots surrounded by a dense ring of white scales on the pronotum. The elytra have thin, lengthwise ridges separated by speckled depressions. The true eyes are on the head anterior to the false eyes.
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Beetle groups include tiger beetles, ground beetles, water beetles, whirligig beetles, fungus beetles, rove beetles, stag beetles, scarab beetles, wood-boring beetles, click beetles, fireflies, dermestids, ladybird beetles, darkling beetles, longhorn beetles, blister beetles, leaf beetles, weevils and many others.
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