Agrypnus binodulus is a rusty-brown click beetle found across Japan and in Korea, where a separate subspecies lives. Like other click beetles, it snaps its body and flips into the air when it lands on its back. It is not found in the United States.
Appearance
- Appearance
- About ½–⅝ in (12–16 mm) long, slender and tapering toward the rear. It is covered in dark brown scales flecked with white and tan, giving a frosted, rusty look, and has a pair of small bumps on the shield behind its head.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- woods
- grasslands
- parks
- Range
- Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa) and Korea. Not recorded in the United States.
Behavior
- Activity
- In Japan, adults are active from late spring through summer, sometimes come to lights at night, and visit the sap of sawtooth oak.
- Overwintering
- Spends the winter as an adult.
Life cycle
- Larva
- Larvae live in the soil and feed on small insects there.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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