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Click Beetle - Dalopius vernus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Click Beetle - Dalopius vernus
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 15, 2005
Size: 6mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 June, 2005 - 8:38pm
Last updated 24 January, 2008 - 3:15pm

Moved
Moved from Dalopius.
… tom murray, 24 January, 2008 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.
… tom murray, 1 December, 2006 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

maybe Dalopius
Although most genera of Elateridae are not safely identified by photo - classification depends very much on delicate characters, many on ventral side of body - I make a guess:

Size, look and colour indicate Dalopius.

regards, Boris
… Boris Büche, 1 December, 2006 - 4:09am login or register to post comments

 
Dalopius vernus
Based on comparison with the Wagner/Scott Collection material from Ontario, Canada.
… Dennis Haines, 24 January, 2008 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

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