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Eastern-Eyed Click Beetle
Stanley Jones

Eastern-Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus occulatus)

Eastern-eyed Click Beetle (Alaus occulatus: Elateridae) 2.5-4.5 cm long.
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Habitat
City Park with an impoundment. Remnant hardwood woodlands with a narrow band of wetlands surrounding the impoundment at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation.
Location
John Crompton Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
June 2019
Scientific name
Alaus occulatus
Equipment used
Canon
drkishore
Weird defense strategy to have false eyes on back where it could be easily and fatally attacked!!! Nevertheless a beauty Stanley!!! TFS!!!
 
bievreJJ
wow!! after the halloween butterfly this one isn't bad in terms of masks neither, Stanley!!! splendid closeup of this amazing beetle, top class, many tfs!!!
 
delia todd
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Oh goodness!!! What big eyes he has!!!

That's a super picture you've taken of him Stanley. Very well done my friend.
 

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Invertebrates
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