Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Other Name(s): Click beetle
Characteristics: The click beetle has two large black 'eyespots' on its pronotum. They are surrounded by a thin, white ring. Larvae (wireworms) eat plants and other living things in the soil. Adults do not eat very much and are often found on pruned trees.
Click beetles get their name from the sound they make when they flip themselves upright. The loud click is made when they snap a 'spine' under their thorax. This motion helps turn them right-side-up.
General Adult Size (Length):
25mm to 51mm
(0.98in to 2.01in)
Identifying Colors: black; white; gray
North American reach includes (may not be limited to): Colorado;Montana; North Dakota; South Dakota; Nebraska; Kansas; Iowa; Illinois; Minnesota; Michigan; Wisconsin; Indiana; Ohio; Pennsylvania; New York; New Hampshire; Vermont; Maine; Rhode Island; Connecticut; Massachusetts; Delaware; Maryland; West Virginia; Virginia; North Carolina; Florida; Tennesee; Kentucky; Texas; Oklahoma; Arkansas; Wyoming
Category: Beetle
Common Name: Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Scientific Name: (Alaus oculatus)
 Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Genus: Alaus
Species: oculatus
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