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Click beetle larvae, called wireworms, are usually saprophagous, living on dead organisms, but some species are serious agricultural pests, and others are active predators of other insect larvae. Some elaterid species are bioluminescent in both larval and adult form, such as those of the genus Pyrophorus.
Adult A. granulatus can be distinguished from other Amychus species by its wide and spreading prothorax and small round nodules on its elytra. Its size ranges from 16 to 22.5 mm. It has a flattened body shape and small vestigial wings. [3] Click beetles are named due to their ability to make an audible click when on their back to jump into the ...
Melanotus punctolineatus, commonly known as the sandwich click beetle, [1] is a species of beetle from the family Elateridae and the genus Melanotus. Description
[2] [3] It became the type species of the genus Oxynopterus, established by the English naturalist Frederick William Hope in 1842. O. mucronatus is classified under the tribe Oxynopterini, in the click beetle family Elateridae. [4] [5] The generic name Oxynopterus means "sharp-wing" in ancient Greek; while the specific name mucronatus is Latin ...
Bioluminescent click beetles are found throughout tropical, subtropical and temperate America. Species from Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and Cuba are now in different genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, such as Deilelater and Ignelater. [2] Adult Pyrophorus beetles feed on pollen and sometimes small insects, such as aphids or scale insects. Their ...
Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Melanotus. [1] [2] Species ... American Beetles, Volume II: ...
Agriotes sputator [1] is a species of click beetle, commonly known as the common click beetle. [2] The adult beetle is brown and inconspicuous, and the larvae live in the soil and are known as wireworms. They are agricultural pests that devour the roots and underground parts of many crops and other plants.
These beetles are among the brightest bioluminescent insects. [1] With a brightness of around 45 millilamberts, [ 2 ] they are said to be technically bright enough to read by. [ 3 ] They achieve their luminescence by means of two light organs at the posterior corners of the prothorax , and a broad area on the underside of the first abdominal ...