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Eyed Click Beetle - Alaus oculatus
Copyright © 2007 Kenneth Dwain Harrelson

Eyed Click Beetle - Alaus oculatus
Norris City, White County, Illinois, USA
May 9, 2007
Size: Approx. 2 in. long
1 of 2 images of this specimen.

When I picked this thing up and tried to move it to a better location for a picture, it clicked and fell out of my hand. Could it be some kind of large Click Beetle? Also, I hadn't noticed until I downloaded the pictures to my computer, but there seem to be several tiny passengers attached to this thing - all over the legs, the tail end and in the middle where the break in the shell appears. Could this be a mother with her young or is it just carrying mites or something? You can see the tiny passengers on the legs better in the second image.

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Contributed by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson on 9 May, 2007 - 2:46pm
Last updated 9 May, 2007 - 5:12pm

And baby beetles are maggots
which are quite different looking both from the adult beetles and from these tiny mites.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 9 May, 2007 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Not maggots...
Grubs. Maggots are fly larvae.
… Chuck Entz, 10 May, 2007 - 12:22am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the correction, Chuck
I wasn't aware of that distinction.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 10 May, 2007 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

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It is a large click beetle! This is Alaus oculatus, the Eyed Click Beetle.
the passengers are probably mites, which often travel around on beetles.
… Sean McCann, 9 May, 2007 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

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