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click beetle
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click beetle
n.
Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, characterized by the ability to right themselves from an overturned position by flipping into the air with a clicking sound. Also called snapping beetle.
click beetle
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any beetle of the family Elateridae, which have the ability to right themselves with a snapping movement when placed on their backs Also called snapping beetle skipjack See also wireworm
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Noun1.click beetle - able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking soundclick beetle - able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
snapping beetle, skipjack
elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle - any of various widely distributed beetles
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Wireworms are the larvae of click beetles and are usually found in permanent pasture.
Check your silage for wireworm damage by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Elateridae Nearly all of the adult click beetles collected during this study were taken at black lights.
The terrestrial Coleoptera of Point Clear Island and surrounding ... by Testa, Sam, III / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
Cockroaches, click beetles, crane flies, earwigs, fleas, gnats, centipedes, mosquitoes, houseflies and woodworm are among the most common.
MILLENNIUM BUGS; 20,000 crawlies are invading our homes by Atkinson, Steve / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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