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Small-eyed Click Beetle

Alaus myops

2,344 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 16, February 19, March 18, April 56, May 32, June 34, July 14, August 13, September 17, October 17, November 13, December 15.
United States1,877
North Carolina218
Texas210
Alabama178
Georgia175
Virginia146
Maryland116
South Carolina116
Louisiana84
Mississippi78

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyClick Beetles · Elateridae
GenusEyed Click Beetles · Alaus

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