Eyed Elater

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

Eyed Elater
Eyed Elater

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).”

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