Maryland Biodiversity Project - Click Beetle sp. (Unidentified sp.)

Click Beetle sp. Unidentified sp. Leach, 1815

Synonyms: Wireworm.

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Coleoptera > Family Elateridae > Genus Unidentified Click Beetle sp. - Unidentified sp. - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/16199

Generally, these can only be identified further if reared to adulthood.

There are 5 records in the project database.

A Click Beetle larva (wireworm) in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (2/8/2017). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Click Beetle larva (wireworm) in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/1/2016). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Click Beetle larva (wireworm) in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/19/2015). Photo by Shannon Steele. (MBP list)

A click beetle species (wireworm) in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/2/2017). Verified by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide. Photo by Emily Stanley. (MBP list)

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