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title: "Eastern Eyed Click Beetle"
description: "Alaus oculatus — Insetti e ragni. Alaus oculatus, commonly called the eastern eyed click beetle or eyed elater, is a species of click beetle."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-eyed-click-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Eastern Eyed Click Beetle

> Alaus oculatus — Insetti e ragni. Alaus oculatus, commonly called the eastern eyed click beetle or eyed elater, is a species of click beetle.

- Scientific name: *Alaus oculatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 28342
- Wikidata: [Q1313339](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1313339)
- iNaturalist taxon: [81706](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81706)

## Names

- en: Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
- fr: Taupin grand-ocelle

## Countries with the most observations

US (25828), CA (1331)

## Summary

Alaus oculatus, commonly called the eastern eyed click beetle or eyed elater, is a species of click beetle.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaus_oculatus

## Photo

![Eastern Eyed Click Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-eyed-click-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diane · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285971804

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-eyed-click-beetle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).