Which insect is the Click Beetle (second listing)?

• A. Click Beetle
• B. Carpenter Bee
• C. Chinch Bug
• D. Codling Moth

Answer: (A)

Identifying which option is the Click Beetle is about recognizing the insect by its common name and what that group is known for. The Click Beetle, from the Elateridae family, is famous for a sudden clicking action that flips the insect into the air when it’s on its back. They’re typically elongated beetles with tapered ends, and they have a special prosternal mechanism that enables that click-and-spring movement. The other choices belong to different groups: carpenter bees are large hairy bees that bore into wood (order Hymenoptera); chinch bugs are tiny sap-sucking true bugs (order Hemiptera); and codling moth is a moth (order Lepidoptera) whose larvae attack fruit. So the insect that is the Click Beetle is the one named Click Beetle.