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To attract mates, the adult insects create a tapping or ticking sound that can sometimes be heard in the rafters of old buildings on summer nights. For this reason, the deathwatch beetle is associated with quiet, sleepless nights and is named for the vigil (watch) being kept beside the dying or dead. By extension, there exists a superstition ...
Hemicoelus carinatus (Say, 1823) i c g b (eastern deathwatch beetle) Hemicoelus costatus (Aragona, 1830) g; Hemicoelus defectus (Fall, 1905) i c g b; Hemicoelus favonii Bukejs, Alekseev, Cooper, King & Mckellar, 2017 g; Hemicoelus fulvicornis (Sturm, 1837) g; Hemicoelus gibbicollis (LeConte, 1859) i c g b (California deathwatch beetle)
Hemicoelus gibbicollis, known generally as California deathwatch beetle, is a species of death-watch beetle in the family Ptinidae. Other common names include the Pacific powder post beetle and western deathwatch beetle. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3]
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The anatomical parts used to produce sound are quite varied: the most common system is that seen in grasshoppers and many other insects, where a hind leg scraper is rubbed against the adjacent forewing (in beetles and true bugs the forewings are hardened); in crickets and katydids a file on one wing is rubbed by a scraper on the other wing; in ...
Ptilininae is a subfamily of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. The subfamily Ptilininae, along with Anobiinae and several others, were formerly considered members of the family Anobiidae, but the family name has since been changed to Ptinidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The eagerly anticipated sequel to the cult classic returns to the first film’s setting, where the Deetz family once again sets "The Juice" loose while cleaning out their attic following the ...
Hadrobregmus pertinax is a species of woodboring beetle within the genus Hadrobregmus of the family Ptinidae. The adult is black, with yellow hairs at the back corners of its head, and is 4–5 mm long. The larva is white, about 5 mm long, and lives in decaying wood. [1] [2] The larval stage lasts many years.