Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
探検昆虫
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Alaus oculatus
The Eastern Eyed Click Beetle is a fun little bug that can jump high when it feels scared! It has big, beautiful eyes on its back that look like they are watching you.
生息地: Forests
外見
The Eastern Eyed Click Beetle is a large, sturdy beetle, typically black with distinct, prominent white-ringed black eyespots on its thorax, which are not real eyes. Its hard shell often has a slightly fuzzy texture, making it visually unique among common beetles.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Coleoptera科Elateridae属Alaus
カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
Despite their fierce appearance, adult Eastern Eyed Click Beetles are completely harmless to humans!
Its larval stage, called a wireworm, lives underground for several years before transforming!
The 'click' sound can be loud enough for humans to hear from a few feet away.
They use their fake eyespots to trick birds and other predators into thinking they are a bigger creature.
特殊能力
能力
Click & Flip!
Eastern Eyed Click Beetles can flip themselves upright by arching their back and 'clicking' a spine into a groove, which helps them escape predators.
能力
False Eye Defense
Eastern Eyed Click Beetles have large, dark eyespots on their back that mimic bigger eyes, making them look more intimidating to frighten away enemies.
能力
Armored Body
Eastern Eyed Click Beetles have a very tough exoskeleton that helps protect them from physical damage and many predator attacks.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 40-70 mm
- サイズ
- 25-45 mm
- 寿命
- 30-60 日
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
Adults eat sap, but the hungry larvae are underground hunters of other insect grubs!
年齢による違い: Adults feed on plant sap and nectar, while the larvae (wireworms) are predatory, hunting other insect larvae underground.
主な食物
- tree sap
- nectar
- Japanese beetle larvae
- June beetle larvae
- wood-boring beetle larvae
採餌方法
- Foraging
生態系とのつながり
eaten by
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Adult beetles can be caught and eaten by woodpeckers.
eats
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
Larvae of the click beetle prey on the grubs of this invasive pest.
eaten by
Masked Shrew
Sorex cinereus
Shrews may unearth and consume click beetle larvae in the soil.
特徴
別名
まだ別名はありません。
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
It's best to watch beetles from a distance and not touch them.
よくある質問
Eastern Eyed Click Beetleの翼開長は何ですか？
40-70 mm
Eastern Eyed Click Beetleのサイズは何ですか？
25-45 mm
Eastern Eyed Click Beetleの寿命は何ですか？
30-60 日
Eastern Eyed Click Beetleは何を食べますか？
Adults eat sap, but the hungry larvae are underground hunters of other insect grubs!
Eastern Eyed Click Beetleは通常どこに生息していますか？
Forests
Eastern Eyed Click Beetleはどのように狩りをしますか？
Foraging
Eastern Eyed Click Beetleの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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