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Click Beetle - Megapenthes limbalis
Copyright © 2004 Lynette Schimming

Click Beetle - Megapenthes limbalis
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 26, 2004
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 27 February, 2005 - 8:49am
Last updated 8 May, 2008 - 9:24am

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 23 April, 2007 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

Megapenthes limbalis (Herbst 1806) ?
Lynette-

It is rather presumptuous to sight-id click beetles (there are a lot of them and many look remarkably similar), but this is a dead ringer for the species Megapenthes limbalis (Elaterinae: Megapenthini). It's a bit lighter in overall color than most of our specimens, but otherwise it's indistinguishable.

cheers,

zack
… Zack Falin, 8 March, 2005 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

Neat!
This has to be one of the more colorful click beetles I have ever seen. Nice portrait.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 February, 2005 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

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