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Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.              frostweed Aug 4, 2014 12:38 PM CST |
I found this beetle close to the butterfly garden the other day at the Wildscape where I volunteer. Any ideas? Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: Ronnie Southeastern PA (Zone 6b)           luvsgrtdanes Aug 4, 2014 12:55 PM CST |
It's an Eyed Click beetle. I just saw one in my yard a few weeks ago. If you search your range you can find out exactly which one it is. Mine was an eastern eyed.  It happens in a flash, but the memory of it last forever. It can not be borrowed or stolen, and it is of no earthly good until it is given away. So if in your hurry you meet someone who is too weary to smile, leave him one of yours, for no one needs a smile quite as much as he who has none to give... |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native. frostweed Aug 4, 2014 12:59 PM CST |
| Thank you Ronnie, that was quick. I had never seen it before and it looks so interesting. Is it beneficial? Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: Ronnie Southeastern PA (Zone 6b) luvsgrtdanes Aug 4, 2014 1:20 PM CST |
| Yes they actually are Copied from a bug site "Larva are ferocious meat-eaters that dines on many other noxious wood-boring larvae, including those of wood-boring beetles." I've seen the wood boring beetles here, they eat tree roots. Huge black thing with very scary pincers.  It happens in a flash, but the memory of it last forever. It can not be borrowed or stolen, and it is of no earthly good until it is given away. So if in your hurry you meet someone who is too weary to smile, leave him one of yours, for no one needs a smile quite as much as he who has none to give... |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native. frostweed Aug 4, 2014 1:34 PM CST |
| Yes, some of those tree bores can be very scary, and they do a lot of damage too. Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: Kate Holmes Beach, FL (Zone 10a) Not all those who wander are lost.          karmatree Nov 27, 2014 2:15 PM CST |
| Click beetles are cool. Press on his bum (lightly, don't hurt him) and he'll click loudly at you! It's actually alarming! Doesn't hurt, but great defense! They used to get in the horse feed and the grain would "click" whenever you grabbed a scoop if there was a large number of them in there. "A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy." - Rumer Godden |
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