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pectinate click beetle

Ctenicera pectinicornis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) tatianavasyakova, 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 Alaska.January 188, February 139, March 218, April 342, May 493, June 538, July 576, August 495, September 364, October 271, November 148, December 116.
United States3,888
Alaska3,888
Russia239
Finland122
Germany65
Moscow Oblast63
Sweden62
Uusimaa35
Lithuania34
Pirkanmaa29

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
GenusCtenicera

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise pectinate click beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.