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Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815.
Toktokkie beetles receive their name from a unique clicking noise they make. Their name is derived from the children's game where players knock on front doors and then run away. These beetles create this noise by raising and lowering their abdomen, like knocking, in quick sequences. [4]
To attract mates, the adult insects create a tapping or ticking sound that can sometimes be heard in the rafters of old buildings on summer nights. For this reason, the deathwatch beetle is associated with quiet, sleepless nights and is named for the vigil (watch) being kept beside the dying or dead.
Footage from June 12 shows how the insects respond to the sound being made. The filmer, Seth Phillips, said: "While in the back yard my fiancé makes a comment that the clouds of gnats are moving ...
Male cicadas make a noise to attract females, which has been described as "the sound of summer". [16] The song of the double drummer is extremely loud—reportedly the loudest sound of any insect [17] —and can reach an earsplitting volume in excess of 120 dB if there are large numbers of double drummers at close range.
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Deathwatch beetles are named because of a clicking noise that two (and possibly more) species tend to make in the walls of houses and other buildings. This clicking noise is designed to communicate with potential mates, but has historically caused fear of impending death during times of plague and sickness.
The sounds, which typically come from bottlenose or spotted dolphins, are not unusual. But this time, divers noticed that the sounds became more intense and were mixed with unique “clicking ...