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Click Beetles, Jewel Beetles, Fireflies and allies

COLEOPTERA - POLYPHAGA - ELATERIFORMIA
This room displays images of click beetles, fireflies, jewel beetles and their relatives.

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Unidentified Click beetle <Elateridae>. photo: 07/2001, Tokyo, Japan.
 A Click Beetle, Stenagostus umbratilis or Ootsuyahada Kometsuki <Elateridae>. abt 20mm. photo: 08/2001, Yamanashi, Japan. A Soldier Beetle [1], Athemus suturellus or Jôkaibon <Cantharidae>. photo: 05/2002, Nagano, Japan.

A Firefly [1(L)][2], Lychnuris atripennis, or Oo shimamado Botaru <Lampyridae>. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan. A Click Beetle, Agrypnus binondulus or Sabikikori <Elateridae>. photo: 05/2003, Tokyo, Japan. Unidentified Click Beetle <Elateridae>. photo: 07/2003, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified Click Beetle <Elateridae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan. A Soldier Beetle [1], Athemus attristatus or Kuro Jôkai <Cantharidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan. A Firefly [1], Lucidina biplagiata, or Oba Botaru <Lampyridae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan.

A Click Beetle, or Agrypnus sp <Elateridae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan. Unidentified Click Beetle <Elateridae>. photo: 08/2004, Overbridge, Suriname. A Click Beetle, Selatosomus onerosus or Torafu Kometsuki <Elateridae>. photo: 04/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

A Click Beetle (dead), or Campsosternus auratus <Elateridae>. photo: 05/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. A Click Beetle [1][2], Oo Futamon Ubatama Kometsuki or Cryptalaus larvatus <Elateridae>. photo: 05/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Unidentified Click Beetle <Elateridae>. photo: 05/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.

Unidentified <Elateridae>. photo: 05/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.
 A Soldier Beetle, Themus kazuoi or Ao Jôkai <Cantharidae>. photo: 06/2005, Nagano, Japan. A Firefly [2], Lucidina biplagiata, or Oba Botaru <Lampyridae>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.

A Soldier Beetle [2][3], Athemus attristatus or Kuro Jôkai <Cantharidae>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan. A Soldier Beetle [1][2], Athemellus sp. <Cantharidae>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan. A Jewel Beetle [1][2], Coraebus quadriundulatus or Shiroobi Nakaboso Tamamushi. <Buprestidae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.

Unidentified. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand. A Soldier Beetle [2], Athemus suturellus or Jôkaibon <Cantharidae>. photo: 05/2007, Ehime, Japan. A Soldier Beetle [4], Athemus attristatus or Kuro Jôkai <Cantharidae>, probably. photo: 06/2007, Kyôto, Japan.

A Soldier Beetle, Athemus nigerrimus or Kurayami Jôkai <Cantharidae>, probably. photo: 06/2007, Kyôto, Japan. A Net-winged Beetle, Kakumune Beni-Botaru or Lyponia quadricollis <Lycidae>. photo: 06/2007, Kyôto, Japan. A Click Beetle [1][2], Miyama Hoso Cha-bane Kometsuki or Ampedus tokugoensis <Elateridae>. photo: 06/2007, Kyôto, Japan.

A Firefly [3], Lucidina biplagiata, or Oba Botaru <Lampyridae>. photo: 06/2007, Tokyo, Japan. back to upper category


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diptera : true flies | mosquitoes and crane flies
coleoptera : ground beetles | scarabs | click beetles | lady beetles | leaf beetles | weevils | others
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orthoptera : crickets | grasshoppers
dictyoptera : praying mantis | cockroaches | termites
odonata : dragonflies | damselflies
other group : other insects

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