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Agriotes sputator (Linnaeus, 1758)

Snapped last week and published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2r2iP7X

#Coleoptera #Elateridae #Elaterinae #Agriotini #Agriotes #Pentax #Macro #ClickBeetle #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #Photography

Close up shot of a very small black and brown beetle.

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The most obvious #moth in the four frames from last night was Gastrophora henricaria (#Geometridae) in frame 4. It's not showing its wonderful hindwings in that shot, but here it is from earlier in the night, with a large #ClickBeetle (#Elateridae) that kept hiding under its wings and an #ichneumon #wasp.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/486559-Gastrophora-henricaria

Grey-brown moth with bright orange and black patterned hindwings. A black beetle is peeping out from under its open wings and an elongate wasp with long antennae is right next to it.

The #clickbeetle #Agrypnus #murinus (#Agrypninae, #Elateridae) is #phytophagous as #adult #beetle, while the #larvae are soil dwellers and feed on roots, but also as predators, particularly targeting the larvae of other insects.
The species is #widespread in the Near East, the #easternPalearctic and the Nearctic realm. White and brown #scales give the species it's impressive look. The base color is darker. #Biodiversity #entomology
© #StefanFWirth Berlin 2024

Prosternon tessellatum

#clickbeetle #beetle #sniptor #tor #kever #macro #nature

In the dark of night, I followed a repetitive clicking to find the source. It was the sound of this click beetle (aka pasture wireworm) trying its best to get free from the web of a boreal combfoot spider.

#beetle #ClickBeetle #spider #ItsATrap #Photography #MacroPhotography #nature #insect #macro

Macro photo of a click beetle trapped in a web. An out of focus spider is in the background

I set a tarp out to dry and this click beetle thought it would be a nice place to hang out

#beetle #ClickBeetle #Photography #MacroPhotography #nature #insect #WildlifePhotography #macro

Close up of a click beetle on a blue tarp

Ein #Schnellkäfer 🚀🪲 auf der #Eiche. Der Name stammt von seiner Fähigkeit hochzuschnellen, was ein klickendes Geräusch 💥 erzeugt. Passend dazu, sein englischer Name #ClickBeetle.

#Naturgarten #mygarden #ClickBeetles #Insekten #Käfer

Ampedus spec. #clickbeetle

Another clickbeetle, Ampedus spec. #clickbeetle

Peeking over the edge. Athous haemorrhoidalis #clickbeetle

#ClickBeetle

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