click beetles

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• List of click beetles of India — This is a list of the genera of click beetles of India (excluding Lakshadweep): Abelater Schimmel Adelocera Latreille Adiaphorus Candeze Adrastus Eschscholtz Aeolus Aeoloderma Fleutiaux Agonischius Candeze Agriotes Agrypnus Eschscholtz Alaus… …   Wikipedia

• Click beetle — Click beetles Click beetle adults and larvae (wireworms) Left: Wheat Wireworm (Agriotes mancus) Right: Sand Wireworm (Horistonotus uhlerii) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• click beetle — any of numerous beetles of the family Elateridae, having the ability to spring up with a clicking sound when placed on their backs. Also called skipjack, snapping beetle. [1860 65] * * * ▪ insect also called  Skipjack,  Snapping Beetle,  or… …   Universalium

• click beetle — click′ bee tle n. ent any of numerous beetles of the family Elateridae, having the ability to spring up with a clicking sound when placed on their backs • Etymology: 1860–65 …   From formal English to slang

• click beetle — n. any of a family (Elateridae) of beetles that, when on their backs, can usually spring up with a clicking sound …   English World dictionary

• click — n. & v. n. 1 a slight sharp sound as of a switch being operated. 2 a sharp non vocal suction, used as a speech sound in some languages. 3 a catch in machinery acting with a slight sharp sound. 4 (of a horse) an action causing a hind foot to touch …   Useful english dictionary

• click beetle — noun Date: 1835 any of a family (Elateridae) of beetles able to right themselves with a click when inverted by flexing the articulation between the prothorax and mesothorax …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• click beetle — noun Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound …   Wiktionary

• click beetle — n. any of the beetles that can spring into the air making a clicking sound …   English contemporary dictionary

• List of beetles of Great Britain — This is a list of beetle species in Britain. Suborder Adephaga ;Family Carabidae:See List of ground beetle (Carabidae) species recorded in Britain;Families Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Paelobiidae and Dytiscidae:See List of water beetle… …   Wikipedia

• Dung Beetles (video game) — Screenshot of the Color Computer version of the game, Mega Bug. Dung Beetles is an Apple II computer game by Bob Bishop,[1] released in 1982 by Datasoft. It was ported to the TRS 80 Color Computer, where it was distributed by Tandy. On the Color… …   Wikipedia