Species: Alaus oculatus, Eyed Elater, Eyed Click Beetle, Snap Beetle

Description: Black and mottled with white; large eye spots on the pronotum (dorsal plate). When placed on htier backs, click beetles flex their prothorax and flip themselves into the air.

Habitat: Adults live beneath tree stumps, logs, wood piles

Range: Eastern North America

Food: Larvae feed on seeds, plant roots, underground stems and prey on many wood-boring beetle larvae.

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