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worm98 · 23 hours

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i NEED tumblr to see this very cool beetle i found today!!

#insect #bugblr #beetle #click beetles #texas eyed click beetle #Alaus lusciosus #eyed click beetles #i fucking love this man so much #entomology #coleoptera

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antiqueanimals · 1 year

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The First Book of Bugs. Written and illustrated by Margaret Williamson. 1949.

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#bugs #insects #beetles #cucumber beetles #rhinoceros beetles #stag beetles #scarabs #burying beetles #click beetles #eastern eyed click beetles #long horned beetles #ground beetles #whirligig beetles #weevils #Margaret Williamson

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ljsbugblog · 6 months

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dramatic

#ljsbugblog #bugblr #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #elateroidea #elateridae #click beetles #video

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myxomycota · 9 months

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an Elaterid (click beetle) on Stemonitis splendens (chocolate tube slime mold)

by Richard Tehan

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h3lgertime · 18 days

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Soundwave and cassette au designs

#i scream #my stuff #maccadam #transformers au #metallic dawn au #soundwave tf #he turns into an arcade machine :)#also he and the pile driver twins are beetle-inspired #click beetles

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hellsitegenetics · 1 month

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hello hellsitegenetics I have decided to try my luck here. I'm a marine science student and a general fanatic of the ocean so if I don't get some sort of Ocean Beastie I will be very sad. blast please don't do me dirty I'm on my knees begging you. please.

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Closest match: Agriotes lineatus genome assembly, chromosome: 10 Common name: Lined click beetle

#tumblr genetics #genetics #asks #requests #sent to me #astral-nautical #<- i can tell you're a marine sci student lol #bugs #insects #beetles #lined click beetle

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platycryptus · 1 year

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Eyed Elaters (Alaus)

eyed elater click beetles, like this Alaus oculatus from Florida, are the biggest click beetles (Elateridae) found in temperate North America.

Click beetles are best known for their eponymous clicking ability- a sort of elastic locking mechanism on their thorax can snap open with a loud clicking sound, which helps them startle or escape the grasp of predators and allows them to launch themselves into the air when overturned (you can see that in slow motion at the end of the video)

(more elating click beetle trivia below!)

They live around decaying trees and logs, the adults feeding on sap flows and other sugary liquids while the predatory grubs use their powerful jaws to tunnel in search of other wood-dwelling insect larvae to devour (by contrast many smaller click beetle larvae, often called wireworms, feed on rotting wood itself or other plant matter). To rear these beetles in captivity it’s necessary to keep the larvae in containers made of a hard material like glass, as they’ll chew through plastic and escape (I learned this the hard way the first time I found and attempted to raise a grub).

There are 6 Alaus species in the US, the largest of which can be over 5 cm long. Two are found in forests along the east coast- A. oculatus, the eastern eyed elater (below, left) and its smaller relative A. myops, the blind elater (right).

Even though the larvae don't feed directly on decaying wood, different Alaus species prefer different trees- oculatus breeds in dead oaks and other hardwoods, while myops found in the same habitats only use well-rotted pines.

#beetles #elateridae #click beetle #coleoptera #Alaus #eyed elater #Alaus oculatus #Alaus myops #bugs #bugblr #entomology #insects

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 4 months

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*shaking fist at sky* CLOOOOOOOWWWWWWNNNNNNNN

#edit: look at this post's reblog #WYM WE CANT CLICK THE TREE #cmonnnn CMONNNNNNN #im Laughing but im also violently biting my computer #shaking the tree let me in LET ME INNNNNNNN #you know i checked the site earlier and i looked at everything BUT the exhibition #homebogging #if anyone is wondering what the Hell im on about this time #go to the site and go to the playfellow exhibition #theres a christmas tree drawn on the page #and the words 'playfellow exhibition' are Indeed upside down!#the instructions. the payoff has begun!#BUT YOU CANT CLICK THE TREE #i clicked all over it. i tabbed through the page #IT HAUNTS ME LIKE THE FRONT PAGE BEETLE #that damn Beetle...

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crevicedwelling · 1 year

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Ignelater havanensis, a large bioluminescent click beetle.

as if elaterids weren’t already fancy enough with their click mechanism, the tribe Pyrophorini have light-producing patches which glow brighter than most fireflies! their larvae are predatory and the adults eat fruit. one of the best neotropical beetles in my opinion… the US gets just a handful of species in Florida and Texas

one of the big gals glowing! almost enough to read by in a dark room, the video doesn’t do her justice

#beetles #bioluminecent #bugs #cw bugs #insect #click beetle

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rumwik · 10 months

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(Comm) A bug comic commissioned and conceptualized by an anonymous click beetle appreciator. I love these little creatures!

#Bug #Click Beetle #Comic #My artwork

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ljsbugblog · 6 months

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more beetle flight, this time some kind of click beetle(?).

Pasture Wireworm (Conoderus exsul).

#ljsbugblog #bugblr #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #elateroidea #elateridae #click beetles #video

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pelagodes · 2 months

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bro is made out of TV static

western eyed click beetle pal, Alaus melanops

#click beetle #beetle #beetleposting #Alaus melanops #insect #entomology #insects #Elateridae

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onenicebugperday · 1 month

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@fluffydogsquad submitted: Flipped over a big stick in my yard and found a bunch of friends. Any idea who the winged friend could be? Also the pal with the long black-and-orange segmented body. Found in New Jersey.

Looks like a gall wasp, I think. Couldn't say which species. The second dude is a rove beetle, maybe Paederus littorarius or similar. The last one is a click beetle, probably a sweet click beetle, Aeolus mellillus. Great group of pals! Always fun to see what's under a rock or stick.

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #wasp #gall wasp #beetle #rove beetle #click beetle #sweet click beetle #Paederus littorarius

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bugology · 11 months

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