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The beetle shown here is one of the family of click beetles Elateridae of which there are 73 known species in the UK. Click beetles are able to flex and flick their bodies up as a defensive and self-righting mechanism which produces an audible click, hence their name. Most with a few exceptions are quite drab in appearance. They are also known as elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles and