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  2. Alaus oculatus - Wikipedia

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    Alaus oculatus can reach a length of about 25–45 millimetres (1.0–1.8 in). [2] They have an elongated body, black in color throughout. The pronotum exhibits a large oval patch of darker scales, framed in white, on each side - the common name of the beetle derives from this feature.

  3. Click beetle - Wikipedia

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    Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815.

  4. 7 Bioluminescent Bugs That Light Up

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    Click Beetles. Tropical, subtropical, and temperate America. Two lights on the thorax; another on the ventral abdomen. 3. Pyrearinus candelarius. Argentina & Brazil. Green and yellow light. 4 ...

  5. Elateroidea - Wikipedia

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    When a click beetle bends its body, the peg snaps into the cavity, causing the beetle's body to straighten so suddenly that it jumps into the air. [ 5 ] Most beetles capable of bioluminescence are in the Elateroidea, in the families Lampyridae (~2000 species), Phengodidae (~200 species), Rhagophthalmidae (100 species) and Elateridae (>100 species).

  6. Pyrophorus noctilucus - Wikipedia

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    These beetles are among the brightest bioluminescent insects. [1] With a brightness of around 45 millilamberts, [2] they are said to be technically bright enough to read by. [3] They achieve their luminescence by means of two light organs at the posterior corners of the prothorax, and a broad area on the underside of the first abdominal segment.

  7. Alaus - Wikipedia

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    Alaus oculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - eyed click beetle; Alaus oklahomensis Hatch, 1930; Alaus pantherinus Candèze, 1881; Alaus patricius Candeze, 1857; Alaus plebejus Candèze, 1874; Alaus zunianus Casey, 1893

  8. Eucnemidae - Wikipedia

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    Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles based on the type genus Eucnemis; they include about 1700 species, distributed worldwide.

  9. Amychus granulatus - Wikipedia

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    This species was discovered by the lighthouse keeper Andreas Sandager on North Brother Island in Cook Strait, and was described by Broun in 1881. [3] [6] It is currently only found on islands in the outer Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand; [6] fragments of this beetle have been collected from the nest of the extinct Laughing owl in North Canterbury, indicating it once had a much larger former ...