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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Oophorini » Aeolus
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Mystery Click Beetle - Aeolus
Copyright © 2012 Jon Hart

Mystery Click Beetle - Aeolus
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
April 2, 2012
Size: approx. 5 mm BL
Found on back porch after dark. I'm fairly sure this is a common species, but I can't find the bloody thing anywhere in the Guide...
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Contributed by Jon Hart on 25 August, 2012 - 2:27pm

hope you save them for Blaine...
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 25 August, 2012 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm afraid that
isn't in the cards this year. I have some mobility issues right now and am restrained from a lot of movements that involve fine motor control. It is going away, but very slowly.
… Jon Hart, 25 August, 2012 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
sorry to hear that... get well soon, Jon.
the issues you mention do not seem to affect your ability to take magnificent pictures
… v belov, 25 August, 2012 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree, this is a great pic...
you can acutally see the second, internal carina on the pronotal hind angles! Wow! If only I could see a lateral view of the scutellum I could tell you if this is mellillus or scutellatus.
… Blaine Mathison, 28 August, 2012 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

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