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Click Beetle

Conoderus tabidus

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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:

Lake Forest, California

Craryville, New York

Southampton, New York

Mount Pleasant, Tennessee

Mount Pleasant, Texas

Richmond, Texas

Spring, Texas

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vossner

(Zone 8a) | July 2009 | Neutral

Found about 50 dead ones near a bedroom window after returning from vacation. Not sure how it got in the house, but I'm told it doesn't colonize indoors; more of an annoyance bug.

morrigan

Craryville, NY | July 2008 | Positive

These guys seem pretty harmless. At our house, we try to carry insects outside without harming them, and the most fun is the click beetle - they keep clicking in between your fingers as you take them out. They seem harmless.

kennyso

Markham, ON (Zone 5b) | October 2006 | Neutral

Haveread about this bug but haven't seen it before, at least I don't think so. I remember erading that the bug when in danger, will pretend to be dead and lay on its back. if the predator persists on 'bugging' it it will snap up in the air scaring the predator and makes a loud click and lands away from where it was

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