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FAMILY OF BEETLES
Rare click beetle

Click beetle         
  • ''[[Ampedus nigricollis]]''
  • Click beetle on a potato plant in an [[Oklahoma]] garden
  • Lateral aspect of a typical member of the Elateridae. Just below the base of the wings the "clicking" apparatus is visible in silhouette, with the "peg" or "process" in contact with the raised slot or "cavity" into which it slips to force the impact when required.
  • ''[[Melanotus leonardi]]''
·- ·see Elater.
wireworm         
  • ''[[Ampedus nigricollis]]''
  • Click beetle on a potato plant in an [[Oklahoma]] garden
  • Lateral aspect of a typical member of the Elateridae. Just below the base of the wings the "clicking" apparatus is visible in silhouette, with the "peg" or "process" in contact with the raised slot or "cavity" into which it slips to force the impact when required.
  • ''[[Melanotus leonardi]]''
¦ noun the worm-like larva of a click beetle, which feeds on roots and can cause damage to crops.
Wireworm         
  • ''[[Ampedus nigricollis]]''
  • Click beetle on a potato plant in an [[Oklahoma]] garden
  • Lateral aspect of a typical member of the Elateridae. Just below the base of the wings the "clicking" apparatus is visible in silhouette, with the "peg" or "process" in contact with the raised slot or "cavity" into which it slips to force the impact when required.
  • ''[[Melanotus leonardi]]''
·noun A Galleyworm.
II. Wireworm ·noun One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters;
- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.

Wikipedia

Cerophytidae

The Cerophytidae are a family of beetles belonging to Elateroidea. Larvae are associated with rotting wood, on which they are presumed to feed. The family contains over 20 species in five genera, primarily distributed in the New World, but also in Eurasia and Africa. 17 fossil species in 7 genera are known extending to the Early Jurassic. Like some other elateroids, the adults are capable of clicking.