click beetle: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	skipjack • spring beetle • Elateridae • snapping beetle

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Illustration of a click beetle, Alaus oculatus, showing its elongated dark body, ridged wing covers, long legs, and distinctive large eye-like spots on its thorax.

Illustration showing eleven different beetle species, each labeled with common and scientific names, including European rhinoceros beetle, clover seed weevil, great silver water beetle, violet ground beetle, longhorn beetle, green tiger beetle, seven-spotted ladybug, stag beetle, click beetle, deathwatch beetle, and glowworm. Each beetle is depicted in color and detail, highlighting their varied shapes and markings.

Representative beetles.

Illustration comparing three beetle species-a deathwatch beetle, a click beetle, and a great silver water beetle-using colored arrows to show how body parts scale differently as overall beetle size increases, demonstrating allometry in evolution.

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