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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Dendrometrinae » Dendrometrini » Dendrometrina » Limonius » Limonius basilaris
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click beetle - Limonius basilaris
Copyright © 2012 Kim Fleming

click beetle - Limonius basilaris
Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
March 29, 2012
Size: 5mm
Limonius? these are out in abundance now, often multiple beetles per leaf, in certain areas of the woods.

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Contributed by Kim Fleming on 29 March, 2012 - 7:50pm
Last updated 10 April, 2012 - 8:39am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… metrioptera, 10 April, 2012 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 8 April, 2012 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

pretty sure this is Limonius
If size is accurate, leaning towards quercinus or basilaris, although the opened elytra are blocking the view of the pronotal hind angles, which is the most-important dorsal feature for separating the two!!! :-/
… Blaine Mathison, 30 March, 2012 - 5:49am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
...just added another photo, taken 19 seconds before this one.
… Kim Fleming, 30 March, 2012 - 6:11am login or register to post comments

 
Limonius basilaris
Thanks for the additional pic. Although the first image is aesthetically pleasing, such images do little to aid in the identification.
… Blaine Mathison, 30 March, 2012 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

 
thanks again
I wasn't originally aware of the pronotal distinction needed here for ID, but now I know :-) this is a great place for learning. thanks!
… Kim Fleming, 30 March, 2012 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

i doubt it will be possible to tell as little as subfamily :/
… v belov, 29 March, 2012 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

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