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two-coloured brown click beetle

Athous bicolor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 44, February 32, March 50, April 79, May 114, June 125, July 133, August 115, September 84, October 63, November 34, December 27.
United States901
Alaska900
Germany138
France32
United Kingdom31
England30
Bayern29
Nordrhein-Westfalen25
Sachsen22
Switzerland20

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
GenusAthous

Sources

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