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Other Topics => Off Topic Discussion => Topic started by: Surveyor1 on May 24, 2023, 03:48:01 PM
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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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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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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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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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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.