Mottled dingy-brown click beetle

The whole body is covered in dense grey-brown, scale-like hairs that give it a dusty, mottled look, with reddish-brown legs and antennae and the elongated proportions typical of click beetles. Like its relatives, it can snap its body straight with a sharp click to right itself or startle a predator.

Its wireworm larvae live in the soil for around two years, feeding on grass roots, worms and other small invertebrates, before pupating in late summer and adults overwintering underground until spring.