Click Beetle

Natural Habitat

Found in soil, rotting logs, or under bark during the larval stage; adults are often found on vegetation or near home lighting.

Diet & Feeding

Adults typically feed on nectar, pollen, flowers, or small soft-bodied insects; larvae (known as wireworms) feed on decaying vegetation or roots.

Behavior Patterns

Characterized by a unique 'clicking' mechanism where they snap a thoracic spine into a groove to flip their bodies into the air to escape predators or right themselves.

Risks & Benefits

They pose no risk to humans as they do not bite or sting. In ecosystems, they help decompose organic matter, though wireworm larvae can occasionally be pests for agricultural crops.

Identified on: 6/12/2026