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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia Mar 04, 2024

About 2cm long, what might it be?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Mar 04, 2024

It's a click beetle (family Elateridae). See https://massivesci.com/articles/click-beetle-mechanics-jump-fast/ for how they do their jump.

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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia Mar 05, 2024

Wonderful thank you.

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