Click beetle  (Lacon quercus)

Biology

This click beetle breeds in standing and fallen dead oak trunks and boughs, however it does not breed in stumps (6). It is thought that the larvae are predatory, feeding on the larvae of other beetle species, such as Mycetophagus piceus. When the larvae are fully developed towards the end of the season they pupate. The adults then hibernate inside the cell formed by the pupa. After emerging, they are nocturnal (6).

left