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Eleodes osculans

Wooly darkling beetle
Eleodes osculans Kern 2017-03-15.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Eleodes
Species: E. osculans
Binomial name
Eleodes osculans
LeConte, 1851

Eleodes osculans, the wooly darkling beetle, 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.



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