Click Beetle Traditional Cache

Description

Click beetles can be large and colorful but most are small to medium-sized (<2 cm) and dull. The adults are typically nocturnal. In hot weather, they may enter people's houses at night if entries or windows are left opened but are not a pest. Click beetle larvae, called wireworms, are usually saprophagous, but some species are serious agricultural pests, and other species are predators of other insect larvae. Some species are bioluminescent.

Larvae are slender, elongate, cylindrical or somewhat flattened, and relatively hard-shelled for larvae—bearing resemblance to common mealworms

The three pairs of legs on the thoracic segments are short and the last abdominal segment is, as is frequently the case in beetle larvae, directed downwards and may serve as a terminal proleg in some species.

This cache has been placed with permission for the CREW Trust and
the South Florida Water Management District

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