Jeremy Squire, Macro Photography
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Click beetle (Elateridae)
Click beetles get their name from the distinctive clicking sound they make when alarmed. My understanding is that the sound is somehow made by snapping their body segment and head segment against each other. I confess to having picked them up and hearing the sound (telling me I am terrifying them) but I can't see them doing anything that would produce the sound. They are cute though!