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Click beetles (Elateridae)

Click beetles are so called because of the audible clicking noise they make when they flip themselves over when lying on their back. Some species feed on aphids, so they are a good thing to have around the garden, if aphids are a problem.

I am particularly indebted to Blaine Mathison who has identified the click beetles on this page.
Click beetle (Ampedus)
Click beetle (Ampedus)		 Click beetle (Ampedus)
Click beetle (Ampedus)		 Sweet click beetle (Aeolus mellillus)
Sweet click beetle (Aeolus mellillus)
Click beetle (Agriotes fucosus)
Click beetle (Agriotes fucosus)		 Eyed click beetle (Alaus oculatus)
Eyed click beetle (Alaus oculatus)		 Eyed click beetle (Alaus oculatus)
Eyed click beetle (Alaus oculatus)
Eyed elator (Alaus oculatus), a click beetle
Eyed elator (Alaus oculatus), a click beetle		 Click beetle (Ampedus sp.)
Click beetle (Ampedus sp.)		 Click beetle (Ampedus apicatus or A. sanguinipennis)
Click beetle (Ampedus apicatus or A. sanguinipennis)
Click beetle (Ampedus linteus)
Click beetle (Ampedus linteus)		 Click beetle (Ampedus mixtus)
Click beetle (Ampedus mixtus)		 Click beetle (Ampedus nigricollis)
Click beetle (Ampedus nigricollis)
Click beetle (Ampedus rubricus )
Click beetle (Ampedus rubricus )		 Click beetle, possibly Ampedus sanguinipennis
Click beetle, possibly Ampedus sanguinipennis		 Click beetle (Athous rufifrons)
Click beetle (Athous rufifrons)
Click beetle (Athous sp.)
Click beetle (Athous sp.)		 Click beetle (Hemicrepidius memnonius)
Click beetle (Hemicrepidius memnonius)		 Click beetle (Melanactes)
Click beetle (Melanactes)
Click beetle (Melanotus sp.)
Click beetle (Melanotus sp.)		 Click beetle (Melanotus sp.)
Click beetle (Melanotus sp.)		 Click beetle (Melanotus sp.)
Click beetle (Melanotus sp.)
Click beetle, probably Melanotus leonard
Click beetle, probably Melanotus leonard		 Click beetle, probably Melanotus leonard
Click beetle, probably Melanotus leonard		 Click beetle, probably Melanotus leonard
Click beetle, probably Melanotus leonard
Click beetle (Oestodes tenuicollis)
Click beetle (Oestodes tenuicollis)		 Click beetle (Prosternon)
Click beetle (Prosternon)		 Click beetle (Pseudanostirus hieroglyphicus)
Click beetle (Pseudanostirus hieroglyphicus)
Click beetle (Pseudanostirus hieroglyphicus)
Click beetle (Pseudanostirus hieroglyphicus)		 Click beetle (Pseudanostirus hamatus)
Click beetle (Pseudanostirus hamatus)		 Click beetle (Selatosomus pulcher)
Click beetle (Selatosomus pulcher)
Click beetle (Selatosomus pulcher)
Click beetle (Selatosomus pulcher)		 Click beetle (Selatosomus pulcher)
Click beetle (Selatosomus pulcher)		 Click beetle (Sylvanelater cylindriformis)
Click beetle (Sylvanelater cylindriformis)
Click beetle, possibly Sylvanelater cylindriformis
Click beetle, possibly Sylvanelater cylindriformis		 Click beetle (Sylvanelater cylindriformis)
Click beetle (Sylvanelater cylindriformis)		 Click beetle (Sylvanelater cylindriformis)
Click beetle (Sylvanelater cylindriformis)
Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetle (Elateridae)		 Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetle (Elateridae)		 Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetles (Elateridae)
Click beetles (Elateridae)		 Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetle (Elateridae)		 Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetle (Elateridae)		 Click beetle (Elateridae) on hawthorn
Click beetle (Elateridae) on hawthorn		 Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetle (Elateridae)
Wireworm Elateridae)
Wireworm Elateridae)		 Wireworms, larvae of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
Wireworms, larvae of Click Beetles (Elateridae)		 Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetle (Elateridae)
ROMELIEN VALIOS 10-Oct-2013 04:49
...THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFOMATION ABOUT ELATERIDAE..........
Kay19-Mar-2013 06:12
What an interesting gallery. Thank you for the id and the information, Christine. V
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