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Black-collared Click Beetle

Ampedus nigricollis

1,319 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 Ontario.January 10, February 10, March 16, April 31, May 60, June 31, July 21, August 19, September 20, October 16, November 10, December 9.
United States1,090
Canada326
Ontario250
New York224
Massachusetts112
Michigan75
Ohio73
New Jersey68
Pennsylvania65
Virginia64

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
GenusAmpedus

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