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Spotted Click Beetle

Description:

I found this beetle at the trunk of a tree. A bit less than 1 inch in size.

Notes:

Does anyone know what the scientific name of the beetle is I couldn't find out?

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1 Comment

bayucca
bayucca 6 years ago

Elateridae, Dendrometrinae, Prosternini, Selatosomus sp. (subgenus Pristilophus) and must be Selatosomus festivus. Nice little and tough exercise in the early morning ;-)
Nice one!
http://www.biodiversity.ubc.ca/entomolog...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/524417/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/456972/bgi...

Ian Ayotte
Spotted by
Ian Ayotte

Alberta, Canada

Spotted on Jun 20, 2017
Submitted on Jun 20, 2017

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