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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Elaterini » Elater » Elater abruptus
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click beetle - Elater abruptus
Copyright © 2012 ophis

click beetle - Elater abruptus
Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
July 22, 2012
Size: 20 mm
found in backyard

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Contributed by ophis on 28 July, 2012 - 4:56pm
Last updated 28 July, 2012 - 7:08pm

Moved
Moved from Melanactes.
… ophis, 28 July, 2012 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

Elater abruptus
this is actually E. abruptus. This is not a Melanactes sp.
… Blaine Mathison, 28 July, 2012 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
re: Elater abruptus
thanks--I had no clue
… ophis, 28 July, 2012 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

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