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orange-elytra click beetle - Ampedus sanguinipennis
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

orange-elytra click beetle - Ampedus sanguinipennis
Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
January 27, 2006
Size: about 8 mm
This attractive elaterid was found under the bark of a standing dead tree. It showed up for its photo shoot covered with lint, so I spent quite awhile cleaning it up with the clone-stamp tool in PhotoShop. There's probably not a hair or dimple in its rightful spot as a result ;-)

It looks a little like an Ampedus sp. that Tom Murray photographed:

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 January, 2006 - 1:07pm
Last updated 23 January, 2008 - 3:27pm

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