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Eyed elator aka eye spot click beetle

Alaus oculatus

Description:

Larger, dark colored beetle with two false eye spots

Habitat:

Jean Lafitte park, southeastern Louisiana.

Notes:

Found on and old piece of wood.

1 Species ID Suggestions

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago
Eyed elator aka eye spot click beetle
Alaus oculatus


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4 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

cool.

Yasser
Yasser 10 years ago

Thanks gatorfellows :) and thanks Amy for the on-the-spot ID :)

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

nice one :)

AmyOuchley
AmyOuchley 10 years ago

Very cool to see Project Noah creator, Yasser Ansari, down on his knees looking at this beautiful beetle in the Louisiana swamp.

Yasser
Spotted by
Yasser

Louisiana, USA

Spotted on May 18, 2013
Submitted on May 18, 2013

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