A long, narrow beetle which can spring up with a click as a means of startling predators and escaping. Its larva is the wireworm.
叩头虫。亦称SKIPJACK
Family Elateridae: numerous genera
Also called skipjack
Example sentencesExamples
Hamilton noted that E. fuscus in northern West Virginia also preyed substantially on insect pests (e.g., click beetles, Elateridae).
Interestingly, the bioluminescence spectra distribution in click beetles also shifts from the green to the red region when the insect develops from egg to adult.
The adults are called click beetles because when they are on their backs, they will flip up and turn over with a clicking noise.
Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles, cause damage in corn fields by feeding on seed prior to and shortly following germination.
Similar to northern West Virginia, click beetles were major prey of bats at LUZ and 35% of beetle claws extracted from the GFSP colony guano were later identified to this family.
Definition of click beetle in US English:
click beetle
noun
A long, narrow beetle which can spring up with a click as a means of startling predators and escaping. Its larva is the wireworm.
叩头虫。亦称SKIPJACK
Family Elateridae: numerous genera
Also called skipjack
Example sentencesExamples
Hamilton noted that E. fuscus in northern West Virginia also preyed substantially on insect pests (e.g., click beetles, Elateridae).
The adults are called click beetles because when they are on their backs, they will flip up and turn over with a clicking noise.
Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles, cause damage in corn fields by feeding on seed prior to and shortly following germination.
Similar to northern West Virginia, click beetles were major prey of bats at LUZ and 35% of beetle claws extracted from the GFSP colony guano were later identified to this family.
Interestingly, the bioluminescence spectra distribution in click beetles also shifts from the green to the red region when the insect develops from egg to adult.