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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae)
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Slender black elaterid
Copyright © 2015 Ken Schneider

Slender black elaterid
Lassen National Forest, Warner Creek Campground, Plumas County, California, USA
May 18, 2015
Size: ca 10 mm
I often avoid photographing these patternless elaterids, but I thought I'd give this one a try... :)

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 18 May, 2015 - 2:35pm
Last updated 30 October, 2015 - 9:44pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Brad Barnd, 30 October, 2015 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

the vast majority of clicker spp. are 'patternless'...
… v belov, 18 May, 2015 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
I figured -
that was true, but assumed (probably foolishly) that the patternless ones would be hard to ID without the specimen in hand?
… Ken Schneider, 18 May, 2015 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

 
well, just go thru the guide...
...and you'll be surprised how many patternless clickers get ID'd to genus or better from photos... actually, most are perfectly IDable to genus from semi-decent pics -- sometimes not offhand, but still feasible
… v belov, 2 June, 2015 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

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