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Mottled dingy-brown click beetle

Agrypnus murinus

The mottled dingy-brown click beetle is a small insect that likes to hide in the soil and under leaves. It has a special way of clicking to flip itself back over if it gets turned upside down!

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The Mottled dingy-brown click beetle is an elongated, somewhat flattened beetle, typically gray to dark brown. Its body is covered in a dense, short, mottled pattern of hairs, making it perfectly camouflaged against bark or soil.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloArthropodaClaseInsectaOrdenColeopteraFamiliaElateridaeGéneroAgrypnus
Mottled dingy-brown click beetle
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Mottled dingy-brown click beetle

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Its larvae, called wireworms, can live underground for up to five years before changing!

The beetle's amazing 'click' mechanism is so fast, it's almost impossible to see it happen!

These mottled beetles are found across many parts of Europe, Asia, and even North America!

While adults prefer nectar, their wireworm larvae munch on plant roots and decaying wood!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Clicking Escape

Mottled dingy-brown click beetle can flip itself upright with a loud click because it helps them escape predators!

Habilidad

Stealth Master

Mottled dingy-brown click beetle has a mottled, hairy body that helps them blend perfectly into their surroundings.

Habilidad

Tough Wireworm

Mottled dingy-brown click beetle larvae have hard, shiny bodies that help them burrow and survive underground.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
15-34 mm
Tamaño
10-17 mm
Esperanza de vida
30-90 días
Velocidad de vuelo
5-10 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

Adults sip nectar, while larvae are subterranean munchers of roots and decaying matter.

Diferencias por edad: Larvae (wireworms) feed on roots and decaying plant matter underground; adults primarily consume nectar and pollen.

Alimentos principales

  • Pollen
  • Nectar
  • Plant roots
  • Decaying wood
  • Fungi

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Adults and larvae can become a meal for birds.

eats

Wheat

Triticum aestivum

Wireworm larvae sometimes feed on the roots of crop plants.

depends on

English oak

Quercus robur

Larvae develop in soil near roots or decaying wood of trees.

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Be gentle and watch where you step; insects like this beetle are small and can be easily hurt.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Mottled dingy-brown click beetle?

15-34 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Mottled dingy-brown click beetle?

10-17 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Mottled dingy-brown click beetle?

30-90 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Mottled dingy-brown click beetle?

5-10 km/h

¿Qué come Mottled dingy-brown click beetle?

Adults sip nectar, while larvae are subterranean munchers of roots and decaying matter.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Mottled dingy-brown click beetle?

Forests

¿Cómo caza Mottled dingy-brown click beetle?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Mottled dingy-brown click beetle?

6

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