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Click Beetle
(John Obermeyer, Purdue University) |
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Common Name: Click Beetle
Order: Coleoptera Family: Elateridae Pest Status: Click beetles are sometimes pests when the immatures (wireworms) eat the roots and tubers of plants. Appearance: Click beetles are flattened, elongated, brown beetles that are about 1/2-inch long. They usually have distinctive backward-projecting points on the side corners of the pronotum. Life Cycle: Adults and larvae overwinter in the ground, becoming active in the spring. Females dig burrows and lay their eggs around the bases of host plants. The eggs hatch within a few weeks and larvae develop through several molts over a few months. They pupate in the cells within the soil in late summer or fall and emerge as adults a few weeks later. Where to Collect: Since adults are nocturnal, click beetles can be found congregating around lights at night. |
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