Subject: Strange bug
Location: SW Ontario Canada
June 7, 2014 11:56 am
We found two of these bugs. We would like to know what they are and if they are destructive or beneficial?
Signature: Gardener
Dear Gardener,
This is an Eyed Elater, the largest North American Click Beetle. In our opinion, it is beneficial based on what BugGuide indicates it feeds upon: “Adults may take some nectar and plant juices. Larvae are predatory, eating grubs of wood-boring beetles like cerambycids (longhorns).”