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Texas Eyed Click Beetle

Alaus lusciosus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) baldhound, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 2, February 3, March 55, April 316, May 301, June 171, July 105, August 44, September 11, October 2, November 7, December 1.
Texas3,003
Mexico45
Nuevo Leon29
New Mexico5
Tamaulipas5
Coahuila de Zaragoza4
Sonora3
Baja California Sur1
Chihuahua1
Hidalgo1

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Texas Eyed Click Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.