False Click Beetle (Isarthrus rufipes)
Isarthrus rufipes (Melsheimer, 1844). Thanks to Robert Otto for providing the species determination on bugguide. Found at Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods SNA in east-central Wisconsin. Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA.
Found in mixed hardwood forest. Several of these were found on the trunk of a dead fallen debarked hardwood tree. Some looked to be ovipositing.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-26EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie and plastic cup diffuser.
False Click Beetle (Isarthrus rufipes)
Isarthrus rufipes (Melsheimer, 1844). Thanks to Robert Otto for providing the species determination on bugguide. Found at Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods SNA in east-central Wisconsin. Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA.
Found in mixed hardwood forest. Several of these were found on the trunk of a dead fallen debarked hardwood tree. Some looked to be ovipositing.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-26EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie and plastic cup diffuser.