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Photo#374490
Alaus myops

Alaus myops
7 km east of Paw Paw, Morgan County, West Virginia, USA
July 4, 1999
Size: 37 mm
Collected at UV light. In general, A. myops tends to average much smaller than A. oculatus, but there is considerable size overlap and sometimes you can find a very big Blind Click Beetle like this one. If you are just walking around the woods looking over rotten logs, then I think myops tends to be much harder to find than oculatus (at least in the Mid Atlantic region). But, unlike oculatus, myops does come readily to UV lights. Compare with (Photo#374491 and Photo#374492) that I just posted. 39.5224,-78.3641