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πŸͺ² Beetles

Click Beetle

Athous haemorrhoidalis

About

A common brown click beetle that can flip itself into the air with an audible click when placed on its back. Larvae are known as wireworms and live in soil.

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Did You Know?

Its clicking jump mechanism launches it up to 30 centimetres into the air to escape predators.