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Irish click beetle

Selatosomus melancholicus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 48, February 35, March 55, April 87, May 125, June 136, July 146, August 125, September 92, October 69, November 38, December 29.
United States985
Alaska985
Russia23
Finland12
Northern Ostrobothnia8
Kirov Oblast5
Kamchatka Krai5
Republic of Karelia3
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug3
Sweden2

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
GenusSelatosomus

Sources

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