Click beetle  (Lacon quercus)

Description

This click beetle is generally brown in colour, with yellowish blotches and flecks, and a yellow band passing across the far end of the wing cases (elytra) (4). Like all click beetles it has a 'spring' device underneath the body, which allows it to flip into the air should it fall onto its back. This feat is accompanied by an audible 'click', referred to by the common name of the family, click beetles (5).

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