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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Elaterini » Diplostethus » Diplostethus carolinensis
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Beetle - Diplostethus carolinensis
Copyright © 2012 Ben Kolstad

Beetle - Diplostethus carolinensis
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
August 2, 2012
A bit better detail, but the eye is covered by the antenna. A photographer I ain't!

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Contributed by Ben Kolstad on 2 August, 2012 - 8:09pm
Last updated 21 November, 2012 - 10:20am

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Moved from Elaterinae.
… Blaine Mathison, 21 November, 2012 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

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beetle
a common click beetle. turn them over on their back and you will quickly see how they got their name! CLICK....FLIP! Look at the 2 tiny projections on the rear edges of the thorax.
… Jay M Sheppard, 3 August, 2012 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Jay!
You know, I knew these (and others I've seen) are called click beetles, and I even knew that it had something to do with what happens when they flip themselves upright. But I never noticed those projections you point out. Thanks for directing my attention there; it's amazing how much more you can see when someone points out what to look for.
… Ben Kolstad, 3 August, 2012 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

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