Click Beetle - Athous Haemorrhoidalis
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 16th May 2023 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode Fact File


Click Beetle - Athous Haermorrhoidalis.
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Local names: 		Athous Haemorrhoidalis.
Coleoptera.
Elateridae.
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Feature:
 		A mixed diet, preying on the winter moth, Operophtera brumata, and eating the roots of plants, mostly grasses in the family Poaceae
Pollen.
10 - 15 mm.
Mainly in forests, both broad-leaved and coniferous. They are also found in wetland habitats such as fens and peatlands.
May - August.