Bordered click beetle
The bordered click beetle is a long, slim beetle. The shield behind its head is orange-red to brown, and its wing covers are dark brown to yellowish. It looks a lot like a soldier beetle, but it is a click beetle.
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Fun facts
Like other click beetles, if it lands on its back it can flip itself into the air with a loud click.
You can tell it from a soldier beetle by the two pointy back corners of the shield behind its head.
Its wing covers have deep rows of little pits running along them.
Grown-ups are seen mostly from May to July on all kinds of trees, both leafy trees and conifers.
Most asked questions about Bordered click beetle
?Is the bordered click beetle dangerous?
No. It is a harmless beetle that cannot sting.
?Why is it called a click beetle?
When it lies on its back, it can flip itself up into the air with a loud click.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Denticollis linearis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Elateridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Elateridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Denticollis linearis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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