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Blind Click Beetle - Underside Detail - Alaus myops
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Blind Click Beetle - Underside Detail - Alaus myops
Parson's Run, Duluth, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
April 22, 2004
Attracted to mercury vapor lamp.

The clicking mechanism common to all click beetles can be seen here.

Same specimen:
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 May, 2004 - 9:56am
Last updated 16 June, 2004 - 2:28pm

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