Subject: Large black bug with huge false eyes
Geographic location of the bug: North central North Carolina
Date: 08/02/2018
Time: 11:51 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: This bug was on the wall of our home in NC. Date was August 2,2018. I would estimate that it was a little over an inch long. I am pretty sure the “eyes” are not actual eyes but rather adaptive coloring.
How you want your letter signed: Will Parrish
Dear Will,
This impressive Click Beetle is appropriately called an Eyed Elater, and you are correct that those “eyes” are not real and are used as protection against predators.