Eleodes osculans
| Wooly darkling beetle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Eleodes |
| Species: | E. osculans |
| Binomial name | |
| Eleodes osculans LeConte, 1851 | |
The wooly darkling beetle, Eleodes osculans, is a common nocturnal insect in coastal southern California. As a stink beetle of genus Eleodes, its easily observed defensive posture is to raise its hind end and secrete an unpleasant odor. This is one of the few darkling beetles species in North America, to be covered in visible fuzz. E. osculans alone has brightly colored reddish brown hair atop its black elytra.[1]
References
- Arnett, R.H., jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.) 2002: American beetles. Volume 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. limited preview
- ↑ "Species Eledoes osculans". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
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