Click Beetle

Fields, meadows, and gardens; often attracted to artificial lights at night.

Adults generally eat nectar, pollen, flowers, and sometimes soft-bodied insects. Larvae (wireworms) feed on decaying plant matter or roots.

Notable for their clicking mechanism; if flipped on their back, they use a prosternal spine to snap into the air and right themselves. They are nocturnal and active flyers.

Generally harmless to humans as they do not bite or sting. The larvae (wireworms) can be agricultural pests by damaging the roots of cereal crops and potatoes.