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  2. Click beetle - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Pyrophorus (beetle) - Wikipedia

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    This light organ is even brighter and can only be seen when in flight. 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]

  4. Amychus manawatawhi - Wikipedia

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    Amychus manawatawhi, commonly known as the Three Kings click beetle, is a large flightless click beetle in the family Elateridae, found only on the Three Kings Islands of New Zealand. Discovery and etymology

  5. Pyrophorus noctilucus - Wikipedia

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    Their bioluminescence is similar to that of another group of beetles, the fireflies, although click beetles do not flash, but remain constantly glowing (though they can control the intensity; for example, they become brighter when touched by a potential predator). Also the larvae and the pupae have light organs and the eggs are luminous too.

  6. Agriotes sputator - Wikipedia

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    The adult common click beetle has a length of between 6 and 9 mm (0.24 and 0.35 in) and a width of between 1.8 and 2.8 mm (0.07 and 0.11 in). The head and pronotum are bluntly pointed and the antennae are as long as the total length of the head and pronotum. The front edge of the pronotum is brownish ginger, and the whole pronotum is covered by ...

  7. Synaptus filiformis - Wikipedia

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    Synaptus filiformis (colloquially hairy click beetle) is a species of beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. [1] It is native to Europe and Western Asia. [1]

  8. Oxynopterus mucronatus - Wikipedia

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    Oxynopterus mucronatus, sometimes known as the giant click beetle, is a species of click beetle from tropical Southeast Asia. Their larvae are specialized predators of termites . [ 1 ]

  9. Melanotus - Wikipedia

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    Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Melanotus. [1] [2] Species. Melanotus americanus (Herbst, 1806)