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Superfamily Elateroidea - Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles

Soft-bodied Plant Beetles · Texas Beetles · Rare Click Beetles · False Click Beetles · False Metallic Wood-boring Beetles

Family Artematopodidae - Soft-bodied Plant Beetles
Coleoptera Beetles - Macropogon testaceipennis Coleoptera Beetles - Macropogon testaceipennis family unknown - Macropogon piceus family unknown - Macropogon piceus family unknown - Macropogon piceus Eurypogon niger - female Eurypogon harrisi - male Hairy black beetle - Eurypogon niger

Family Brachypsectridae - Texas Beetles
Texas Beetle larva - Brachypsectra fulva Brachypsectra fulva Brachypsectra fulva Brachypsectridae? - Brachypsectra fulva Brachypsectridae? - Brachypsectra fulva Brachypsectridae? - Brachypsectra fulva

Family Cerophytidae - Rare Click Beetles
Rare click beetle - Cerophytum pulsator Rare click beetle - Cerophytum pulsator Rare click beetle - Cerophytum pulsator Cerophytum convexicolle - male Cerophytum convexicolle - female Cerophytum convexicolle - female Beetle 03.28.2009 018 - Cerophytum pulsator Beetle 03.28.2009 018 - Cerophytum pulsator

Family Eucnemidae - False Click Beetles
False Click Beetle - Stethon pectorosus 6009580 False click betle - Dirrhagofarsus lewisi Eucnemid adult! - Dirrhagofarsus Another species of Eucnemidae - Dromaeolus badius larval exuviae deepen mystery - Dromaeolus badius Imago - Dromaeolus badius Bug False Click Beetle - Microrhagus subsinuatus

Family Throscidae - False Metallic Wood-boring Beetles
Throscid - Aulonothroscus False Metallic Wood-boring Beetle Mt. Washington throscid - Aulonothroscus constrictor Mt. Washington throscid - Aulonothroscus constrictor Tiny beetle on a flower (Throscidae) Beetle Throscid - Pactopus horni Big club


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