#3500 · 🪲 beetles

Eastern Eyed Click Beetle

Alaus oculatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Alaus oculatus , commonly called the eastern eyed click beetle or eyed elater , is a species of click beetle.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,434iNaturalist observations
length 3 cmadult, up to

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
28,434 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
About 3 cm long.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).