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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 is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. ... (Say, 1823) i c g b (eastern deathwatch beetle) Hemicoelus costatus (Aragona, 1830) g;
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]
Hemicoelus carinatus is a species in the subfamily Anobiinae ("death-watch beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles"). [1] [2] The species is known generally as the "Eastern deathwatch beetle". [3] It is found in North America. [2]
Deathwatch beetles are named because of a clicking noise that two (and possibly more) species tend to make in the walls of houses and other buildings. This clicking noise is designed to communicate with potential mates, but has historically caused fear of impending death during times of plague and sickness.
These 121 genera belong to the family Ptinidae, death-watch and spider beetles. There are about 100 additional genera in Ptinidae , with at least 2,200 described species. [ 1 ] More species are listed under its subfamily Anobiinae .
Xyletininae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 13 genera and at least 170 described species in Xyletininae. There are about 13 genera and at least 170 described species in Xyletininae.
Trichodesma sordida is a species of death-watch beetle in the family Ptinidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] References Further reading. Borowski, Jerzy ...