Click Beetle

Commonly found in gardens, meadows, and agricultural fields; they often enter homes near windows or lights.

Adults eat nectar, pollen, and leaves. Larvae (wireworms) live underground and feed on decaying vegetation or roots of crops.

Noteable for a 'click' mechanism where they snap a thoracic spine into a groove to flip their bodies into the air to escape predators or right themselves.

Generally harmless to humans and do not bite or sting. The larval stage (wireworms) can be significant agricultural pests by damaging root crops.