The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

CLICK BEETLE

The click beetles or Skip-Jacks are beetles of the Elateridae family, related to the fire-flies, which when lying on their back, have the power of regaining their feet by a rapid jerk accompanied by a clicking sound produced by the jumping mechanism in the thorax. The larvae, known as wire worms, live in the ground and some species feed on the roots of cereals damaging crops.
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