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belted click beetle

Ampedus balteatus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) markuskrieger, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 663, February 490, March 767, April 1,207, May 1,740, June 1,898, July 2,031, August 1,746, September 1,282, October 957, November 523, December 409.
United States13,713
Alaska13,713
Germany205
Finland176
Russia160
Poland81
Denmark78
Sweden62
United Kingdom60
England53

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

Sources

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