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Eyed/ Blind click beetle comparison - Alaus
Copyright © 2008 Carmen Champagne

Eyed/ Blind click beetle comparison - Alaus
Athens/ Sandy Creek Nature Center, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
June 3, 2008
The blind click beetle, Alaus myops, is above. It didn't particularly like being handled and decided to play dead. Eyed click beetle, Alaus oculatus, is below. I didn't realize they were different species until I had them both together. Neither was harmed in the staging of this photo.
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Contributed by Carmen Champagne on 21 December, 2008 - 3:57pm

And you found both at the Nature Center
on the same day? Great work!
… john and jane balaban, 21 December, 2008 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep...
A. myops was found on the side of the building, so I moved him to the back picnic table where the A. oculatus was hanging out. The kids in my day camp group thought they were really cool.
… Carmen Champagne, 12 January, 2009 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

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