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1 0 Eyed Elater - click beetle

Eyed Elater - click beetle

by NesiraBaltimore, Maryland, USA

0 0 Eyed Elator(click beetle)

Eyed Elator(click beetle)

by rob83willTennessee, USA

Beetle

3 0 Eyed Elater

Eyed Elater

by SargonRMontgomery, Alabama, USA

Eyed Elater (AKA: Eastern-Eyed Click ...

0 0 Headlight Elater

Headlight Elater

by juliamguerreiro

Atlantic Forest in Bertioga, Brazil

0 2 Eyed Elater

Eyed Elater

by marcus.durrGeorgia, USA

Eyed Elater, Eastern Eyed Click Beetle

0 0 Eyed Click Beetle or Eyed Elater

Eyed Click Beetle or Eyed Elater

by michelle.wheelerMississippi, USA

Mississippi gulf coast

1 1 Eyed Elater

Eyed Elater

by LaurenHPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

About 1-1/2" long, fake eyes on top of head.

0 1 Long-necked Elator

Long-necked Elator

by Elton_WizardPennsylvania, USA

Shiny brown beetle with long pronotum. About 1/2 inch long.

0 3 Eyed elater

Eyed elater

by gobospringVirginia, USA

About an inch long. Black white and gray.

4 2 Click Beetle

Click Beetle

by annethologieEllicott City, Maryland, USA

About an inch long

0 0 Eyed Click Beetle

Eyed Click Beetle

by ChrisBurkhalterTexas, USA

Black beetle with creamy white spots

5 4 Black-waved Flannel Moth

Black-waved Flannel Moth

by JakubkoOhio, USA

An insanely fuzzy moth that I was elated to ...

2 1 Eyed Elater

Eyed Elater

by Hunter5Austin, Texas, USA

2 3 Eyed Elater

Eyed Elater

by JaredHararyLong Branch, New Jersey, USA

Unusual insect spotted on boardwalk in Long Branch, NJ. Doesn't look native ...

0 0 Eyed Elater Click Beetle

Eyed Elater Click Beetle

by KishaBTennessee, USA

Large, with large eye spots on prothorax.

7 4 Eyed elator aka eye spot click beetle

Eyed elator aka eye spot click beetle

by YasserLouisiana, USA

Larger, dark colored beetle with two false eye spots

2 0 Eyed Elater or Northern Click Beetle

Eyed Elater or Northern Click Beetle

by KerryStoneTakoma Park, Maryland, USA

Landed on my leg while I was sitting on the park bench.

1 0 Eyed Elator

Eyed Elator

by gobospringVirginia, USA

Spotted grey with two large black spots on the head. About 1.5" long.

13 23 Eyed elater

Eyed elater

by KarenLFranklin, Tennessee, USA

1" long black & white click beetle.

0 1 Eyed Elater or Eastern Eyed Click Beetle.

Eyed Elater or Eastern Eyed Click Beetle.

by LifeAppreciated.Florida, USA

Looks like a yucky roach, but has big fake eyes.

0 0 The Eyed Elater

The Eyed Elater

by 15ncarrubaBaltimore, Maryland, USA

One of North America's largest beetles, more than an inch long, and it has ...

1 0 Eyed Elater

Eyed Elater

by JulieCarrawayOrlando, Florida, USA

Alaus oculatus is a species of click beetle. It is 25–45 millimetres in length. ...

0 0 Hagen's Sphinx

Hagen's Sphinx

by Jacob GorneauOhio, USA

Lifer! I had mistaken this in the field as a darker C. undulosa, but was

1 0 Pored stalkball

Pored stalkball

by the.medallion.of.roderkaSonora, Mexico

spores and presence of elaters. Woodish ...

0 1 Dark brown click beetle

Dark brown click beetle

by kunzahNYC, New York, USA

A black-brown beetle (?) about 2.5-3 cm long, emitting periodic clicks.

0 2 Trichia varia

Trichia varia

by AlexKonigHorst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

membranous. Hypothallus broadly expanded, inconspicuous. Capillitium of simple ...

0 0 trichia varia very imature

trichia varia very imature

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

elaters 3-5 ju diam., tapering shortly at ...

1 0 Trichia varia - orange & brown

Trichia varia - orange & brown

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

elaters 3-5 ju diam., tapering shortly at ...

3 2 Trichia varia ripe

Trichia varia ripe

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

elaters 3-5 ju diam., tapering shortly at ...

1 1 Eyed click beetle

Eyed click beetle

by GoodyTulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Adult beetles feed on nectar and plant juices, while larvae are predators, ...

1 0 trichia varia brown imature

trichia varia brown imature

by AlexKonigLimburg, Netherlands

elaters 3-5 ju diam., tapering shortly at ...

2 0 Black-Fronted Titi

Black-Fronted Titi

by LeonardoMBState of São Paulo, Brazil

elated to find the group. Together the ...

1 1 Grote's Buff-Tip

Grote's Buff-Tip

by DrNamgyalT.SherpaGangtok, Sikkim, India

Length: 45mm

0 2 Eastern Eyed Click Beetle

Eastern Eyed Click Beetle

by jjtanksleyGeorgia, USA

The eyed elator, Alaus oculatus, is a very ...

3 2 Eyed click beetle

Eyed click beetle

by Dawn Lopez-GaranzuaySan Antonio, Texas, United States

This click beetle was an inch or so in length. It was mostly black with some ...

2 0 Trichia varia -  very imature - white & yellow

Trichia varia - very imature - white & yellow

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

elaters 3-5 ju diam., tapering shortly at ...

0 1 Click beetle

Click beetle

by pamsaiCosta Rica

distinguish them from the related Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae). Other names ...

2 0 Eyed Click Beetle

Eyed Click Beetle

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

I was hoping to find one of these and this one found me instead! This cool ...

0 0 California poppy

California poppy

Sebastopol, California, USA

4 orange petals. The shape is a mix between flab-

0 0 Ord's Kangaroo Rat

Ord's Kangaroo Rat

by DuprasiCannon AFB, New Mexico, USA

Ord's kangaroo rat has a fifth toe on its hind feet, which distinguishes it ...

1 0 Hornwort Moss

Hornwort Moss

by LarsKorbHohenhorn, Schleswig-Holstein (Landmasse), Germany

that often flares at the mouth. Spores are yellow with a granular-papillose ...

11 12 Eyed elater

Eyed elater

by KarenLNashville-Davidson, Tennessee, USA

Alaus oculatus is a species of click beetle. It is 25–45 millimeters in length. ...

7 11 Flower Crab Spider

Flower Crab Spider

by Smith ZooWestern Cape, South Africa

Magical moment when you find a mating pair of Flower Crab spiders, each with a ...

1 0 Red-bellied Woodpecker (male)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (male)

by JakubkoNew York, USA

shades up as quickly as I could, I was

1 0 Click Beetle

Click Beetle

by Christine Y.Connecticut, USA

Click beetles get their common name from the unusual click mechanism that they ...

0 1 trichia varia (spores)

trichia varia (spores)

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

Capillitium: Yellow to ochraceous, with long free

1 1 trichia varia

trichia varia

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

Capillitium: Yellow to ochraceous, with long free

2 0 trichia decipiens

trichia decipiens

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

cup. Elaters usually unbranched, ...

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