Subject: Flying bug
Geographic location of the bug: New Milford, CT
Date: 06/09/2019
Time: 01:10 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: This big guy flew into me as I was walking by and clung to my shirt. I brushed him off and I may have killed him!
How you want your letter signed: Jackie
Dear Jackie,
The Eyed Elater is harmless. It is the largest Click Beetle in North America.
Just found one today, February 1st, 2020 in Greenville, SC. He’s moving about just a little. I though he may have been hibernating and fell out of a tree or something. I’ve put him back outside on my deck in a sheltered spot under a potted fig tree. Will he survive the winter which, this year, has been quite mild.