Family

Click Beetles

Elateridae

31 species in our catalog · found in 38 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderColeoptera (Beetles)
FamilyElateridae (Click Beetles)

Species in this group

Pyrearinus termitilluminans

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Semiotus ligneus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Alaus oculatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Agrypnus murinus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Alaus melanops

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Ctenicera cuprea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Lacon punctatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Selatosomus aeneus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sinuaria aenescens

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Prosternon tessellatum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Drasterius bimaculatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ignelater havaniensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Alaus myops

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Denticollis linearis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Megapenthes caprella

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Semiotus angulatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Athous vittiger

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Cidnopus pilosus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Dalopius marginatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ampedus sanguineus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Selatosomus suckleyi

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Ampedus balteatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Stenagostus rhombeus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Athous subfuscus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Anostirus purpureus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Athous haemorrhoidalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tetralobus flabellicornis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Ampedus rubricus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Agriotes lineatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pherhimius fascicularis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Cardiophorus ruficollis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%

Jan

<5%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

<5%

Aug

<5%

Sep

~10%

Oct

~10%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Click Beetles

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	11 of 31	~50%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Copper Click Beetle			~10%
	Bordered Click Beetle			~10%
	Margined Click Beetle			~10%
	Chequered Click Beetle			~10%
	Ampedus sanguineus			~10%
	Belted Click Beetle			<5%
	V Click Beetle			<5%
	Athous subfuscus			<5%
	Anostirus purpureus			<5%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
2	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 31	~30%
	Pyrearinus termitilluminans			~30%
3	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	1 of 31	~30%
	Semiotus ligneus			~30%
4	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	8 of 31	~30%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Chequered Click Beetle			<5%
	Belted Click Beetle			<5%
	Lined Click Beetle			<5%
	Ampedus sanguineus			<5%
	Athous subfuscus			<5%
	Green Click Beetle			<5%
	Cardiophorus ruficollis			<5%
5	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	~20%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			~20%
6	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 31	~20%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~20%
7	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 31	~20%
	Semiotus ligneus			~20%
8	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	~20%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			~20%
9	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 31	~20%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			~20%
	Small-Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
10	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	4 of 31	~20%
	Cidnopus pilosus			~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Lacon punctatus			<5%
	Drasterius bimaculatus			<5%
11	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 31	~20%
	Copper Click Beetle			~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
12	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	~20%
	Western Eyed Click Beetle			~20%
13	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 31	~20%
	Ignelater havaniensis			~10%
	Small-Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
	Bundled Click Beetle			<5%
14	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	2 of 31	~20%
	Semiotus ligneus			~10%
	Semiotus angulatus			~10%
15	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 31	~20%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Green Click Beetle			~10%
16	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 31	~20%
	Lacon punctatus			~10%
	Drasterius bimaculatus			~10%
17	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 31	~20%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Copper Click Beetle			<5%
	Cidnopus pilosus			<5%
18	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 31	~10%
	Ignelater havaniensis			~10%
	Small-Eyed Click Beetle			~10%
19	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
20	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
21	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 31	~10%
	Copper Click Beetle			~10%
22	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 31	~10%
	Lacon punctatus			~10%
23	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1 of 31	~10%
	Copper Click Beetle			~10%
24	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 31	~10%
	Megapenthes caprella			~10%
	Selatosomus suckleyi			<5%
25	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
26	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	~10%
	Western Eyed Click Beetle			~10%
27	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 31	~10%
	Green Click Beetle			~10%
28	Kinabalu Park	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1 of 31	~10%
	Sinuaria aenescens			~10%
29	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1 of 31	~10%
	Semiotus ligneus			~10%
30	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 31	~10%
	Chequered Click Beetle			~10%
31	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	1 of 31	~10%
	Semiotus ligneus			~10%
32	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 31	~10%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			~10%
33	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 31	~10%
	Black-Banded Click Beetle			~10%
34	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 31	~10%
	Semiotus ligneus			~10%
35	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	<5%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
36	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 31	<5%
	Giant Acacia Click Beetle			<5%
37	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	<5%
	Red Click Beetle			<5%
38	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	<5%
	Selatosomus suckleyi			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	7 of 31	~30%
	Chequered Click Beetle			~10%
	Margined Click Beetle			~10%
	Belted Click Beetle			~10%
	Athous subfuscus			~10%
	Green Click Beetle			<5%
	Bordered Click Beetle			<5%
	Lined Click Beetle			<5%
2	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	5 of 31	~20%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
	Belted Click Beetle			<5%
	Chequered Click Beetle			<5%
	Ampedus sanguineus			<5%
3	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	3 of 31	~20%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Chequered Click Beetle			<5%
4	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 31	~20%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Ampedus sanguineus			<5%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
5	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	5 of 31	~20%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Drasterius bimaculatus			<5%
	Cidnopus pilosus			<5%
	Ampedus sanguineus			<5%
	V Click Beetle			<5%
6	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	6 of 31	~20%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			<5%
	Margined Click Beetle			<5%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
	Lined Click Beetle			<5%
	Bordered Click Beetle			<5%
	Chequered Click Beetle			<5%
7	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	4 of 31	~20%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
	Bordered Click Beetle			<5%
	Margined Click Beetle			<5%
8	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 31	~20%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
9	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	5 of 31	~20%
	Chequered Click Beetle			<5%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			<5%
	Lined Click Beetle			<5%
	V Click Beetle			<5%
10	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Bordered Click Beetle			<5%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
11	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	3 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Cidnopus pilosus			<5%
	Chequered Click Beetle			<5%
12	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 31	~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Chequered Click Beetle			<5%
	Bordered Click Beetle			<5%
13	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	2 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Bordered Click Beetle			<5%
14	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
15	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	~10%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			~10%
16	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
17	Paris	🇫🇷 France	3 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			<5%
	Cidnopus pilosus			<5%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
18	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Drasterius bimaculatus			~10%
19	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 31	~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Copper Click Beetle			<5%
20	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	2 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			<5%
	Cidnopus pilosus			<5%
21	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	3 of 31	~10%
	Lined Click Beetle			<5%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
	Selatosomus suckleyi			<5%
22	Minsk	🇧🇾 Belarus	2 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
23	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	~10%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			~10%
24	Miami	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 31	~10%
	Ignelater havaniensis			~10%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
25	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	1 of 31	~10%
	Drasterius bimaculatus			~10%
26	Tel Aviv	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 31	~10%
	Drasterius bimaculatus			~10%
27	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
28	Philadelphia	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	~10%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			~10%
29	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	2 of 31	~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			<5%
30	Rotterdam [The Hague]	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 31	~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			~10%
31	Orlando	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	~10%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			~10%
32	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
33	Kazan	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
34	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 31	~10%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			~10%
35	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 31	~10%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
36	Novosibirsk	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 31	~10%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			~10%
37	Houston	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 31	~10%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
	Small-Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
38	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 31	~10%
	Drasterius bimaculatus			~10%
39	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 31	~10%
	Lined Click Beetle			<5%
	Selatosomus suckleyi			<5%
40	Leeds	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 31	~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			~10%
41	Saint Petersburg	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 31	~10%
	Lined Click Beetle			<5%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			<5%
42	Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 31	~10%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			~10%
43	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	~10%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			~10%
44	Stockholm	🇸🇪 Sweden	1 of 31	<5%
	Chequered Click Beetle			<5%
45	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 31	<5%
	Common Brown Click Beetle			<5%
46	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	1 of 31	<5%
	Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle			<5%
47	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 31	<5%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
48	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	<5%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
49	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	<5%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			<5%
50	Dallas	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 31	<5%
	Eastern Eyed Click Beetle			<5%

Click Beetles

Species in this group

Pyrearinus termitilluminans

Semiotus ligneus

Eastern Eyed Click Beetle

Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle

Western Eyed Click Beetle

Copper Click Beetle

Lacon punctatus

Green Click Beetle

Sinuaria aenescens

Chequered Click Beetle

Drasterius bimaculatus

Ignelater havaniensis

Small-Eyed Click Beetle

Bordered Click Beetle

Megapenthes caprella

Semiotus angulatus

Black-Banded Click Beetle

Cidnopus pilosus

Margined Click Beetle

Ampedus sanguineus

Selatosomus suckleyi

Belted Click Beetle

V Click Beetle

Athous subfuscus

Anostirus purpureus

Common Brown Click Beetle

Giant Acacia Click Beetle

Red Click Beetle

Lined Click Beetle

Bundled Click Beetle

Cardiophorus ruficollis

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Click Beetles

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked