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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Hemirhipini » Alaus » Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus)

Species Alaus oculatus - Eyed Click Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Agrypninae
Tribe Hemirhipini
Genus Alaus
Species oculatus (Eyed Click Beetle)
Other Common Names
Eyed Elater, Eastern Eyed Click Beetle, Owl Beetle (source from 1905)
Explanation of Names
Alaus oculatus (Linnaeus 1756)
Size
20-45 mm
Range
e. NA (QC-FL to ON-ND-CO-TX)(1)
Habitat
Deciduous/mixed forests and woodlands
Food
Adults may take plant juices; larvae feed on grubs of wood-boring beetles
Life Cycle
Eggs are laid in soil. Larvae predators of beetle larvae in decaying wood, especially hardwoods. Pupation is in unlined cell underground or in rotting wood.
Internet References
Fact sheet (Woodruff 1999-2004)(2)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Stephen_WV, Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn, v belov, bmathison1972
Last updated 30 June, 2022 - 11:21am

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