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Surveyor1

Identification - I’ve Never Encountered
« on: May 24, 2023, 03:48:01 PM »
About 2” long with a very hard shell, flies and built like a tank?  I’ve never seen one of these before?
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Surveyor1

Re: Identification - I’ve Never Encountered
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2023, 03:54:09 PM »
I guess I should have researched on the internet before asking, interesting bug…. Eastern Eyed Click Beetle.

https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.php?identification=Eastern-Eyed-Click-Beetle
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John Galt 1

Re: Identification - I’ve Never Encountered
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2023, 03:58:18 PM »
Circadia?
Interesting insect that spends most of its life un a larval stage in the ground.       Different types of Circadia stay un the ground for different numbers of years.      One type stays in the ground for 7 years before developing the hard shell and wings.     They to only live for a few weeks after they come out of the ground to mate.
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Starlady

Re: Identification - I’ve Never Encountered
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2023, 05:17:25 PM »
I've seen one of those click beetles.  Weird thing!

Cicadas, I only see the empty shells hanging onto trees or the side of a coop, lol.
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BennyMG1

Re: Identification - I’ve Never Encountered
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2023, 05:03:07 AM »
Yep! That’s a click beetle. Used to love to play with them when I was little. You turn them upside down and they “pop” to right themselves.
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