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Click beetle - Conoderus vespertinus
Copyright © 2006 Steve Scott

Click beetle - Conoderus vespertinus
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
July 29, 2006
At light at night. Usually ignore them but this one had some pattern to it.
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 30 August, 2006 - 8:15pm
Last updated 9 July, 2007 - 12:21pm

Moved
Moved from Conoderus.
… Boris Büche, 9 July, 2007 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Conoderus vespertinus
This is Conoderus vespertinus, the Tobacco Wireworm - a very common Click and pest to more human crops than just tobacco. see http://ipm.ncsu.edu/AG271/corn_sorghum/tobacco_wireworm.html

Unbelievably, yours is the first photo posted of one of these, BugGuide or the entire Web! The markings on the elytra can grow and shrink quite a bit.
… Tim R. Moyer, 1 September, 2006 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

 
Awh shucks,
And I thought it was just a pretty bug! Thanks for the info.
… Steve Scott, 1 September, 2006 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

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