Bug FAQBordered click beetle
Denticollis linearis · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Elateridae
Adults are 9 to 13 mm long and show orange-red to brownish pronotum with dark to yellowish elytra; heads and femora are blackish while legs are orange-yellow. They appear from May through July on broad-leaf and conifer trees across most of Europe, the East Palearctic, the Nearctic and the Near East.
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How to recognize it
The beetle’s pronotum ranges from orange-red to brown, the wing covers from dark brown to yellow, with a black head and femora and orange-yellow tarsi and tibiae.
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Size
Adults grow to about 9 to 13 mm (0.35 to 0.51 in) in length.
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Where it lives
You’ll mostly find them from May to July on both broad-leaved and coniferous trees.
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What it eats
The larvae eat a wide variety of plant material and other insect larvae.
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Life cycle
Larvae are omnivorous, feeding on many plants and other larvae, while adults appear in spring-summer and are 9 to 13 mm long.
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When you see it
Adults are most common between May and July.
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Where it comes from
They are present throughout most of Europe, the East Palearctic, the Nearctic, and the Near East.
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Lookalikes
It resembles soldier beetles but can be told apart by two pronounced basal angles on the pronotum and deep longitudinal pits.
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Questions people ask
What do bordered click beetles look like?
They have an orange-red to brown pronotum, dark-brown to yellowish wing covers, a black head and femora, and orange-yellow legs.
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Where can I find them?
They live on broad-leaf and conifer trees during their active months.
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Same family (Elateridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denticollis_linearis
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