Click Beetle

Taken on 4th June 2007. Widespread in Continental Europe and the British Isles. It's larvae, called wireworm, can damage potatoes but usually eat rotting wood.

by wallaby1 Jul 13, 2007 11:19 PM

Taken on 23rd May 2008, Lincoln UK. The larva is a yelllow-orange flat ended wire-worm which I often come across.

by wallaby1 Sep 29, 2008 10:58 PM

It was a willing model, not sure what it was doing!

by wallaby1 Sep 29, 2008 11:11 PM

The joint between it's thorax and abdomen enables it to jump and right itself if on it's back, making a 'click' sound.

by wallaby1 Sep 29, 2008 11:17 PM