The Common Click Beetle is a medium-sized, brown-gray click beetle that flips itself into the air with a loud click using a spine-and-notch mechanism on its thorax — a startling antipredator behavior that also rights the beetle when overturned. Its larvae, the wireworms, live in soil for several years feeding on roots and are a significant pest of crops. Adults are commonly found under bark.
Habitat
Forests, agricultural fields, and disturbed soils
Diet
Larvae: plant roots and other organic matter in soil. Adults: plant matter
How common
Common
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