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Lined click beetle

Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus)

Status not recordedbeetles

The lined click beetle (Agriotes lineatus) is a species in the family Elateridae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 1 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the lined click beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the lined click beetle?

LINED CLICK BEETLE · LENGTH 1 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1 cm, the recorded maximum length of the lined click beetle is about 0.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

What eats the lined click beetle?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded predators of the lined click beetle

11 on record

  1. Common slow worm Anguis fragilis3 sources
  2. Blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans3 sources
  3. Sand lizard Lacerta agilis3 sources
  4. Common grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia3 sources
  5. Paederus riparius3 sources
  6. Yellow-spotted emerald Somatochlora flavomaculata3 sources
  7. Banded comb-footed spider Anelosimus vittatus3 sources
  8. Variable bluet Coenagrion pulchellum3 sources
  9. Robertus insignis3 sources
  10. Vagrant darter Sympetrum vulgatum3 sources
  11. Four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records

Where does the lined click beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lined click beetle as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the lined click beetle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lined click beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyElateridae
  6. genusAgriotes
  7. SpeciesAgriotes lineatus (Linnaeus)

Synonyms Agriotes segetis, Elater lineatus, Elater segetis, Elater striatus, Elater striolatus, Elater suecicus

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Обикновен полски ковачBulgarian
  • kovařík obilníCzech
  • Gul smælderDanish
  • Almindelig kornsmælderDanish
  • KornsmælderDanish
  • Stribet kornsmælderDanish
  • Stribet sædsmælderDanish
  • Saat-SchnellkäferGerman
  • SaatschnellkäferGerman
  • juovaviljaseppäFinnish
  • taupin rayéFrench
  • Agriote rayéFrench
  • Taupin des moissonsFrench
  • vetési pattanóHungarian
  • Juostuotasis dirvaspragšisLithuanian
  • Juostuotasis dirvasprakšisLithuanian
  • Stripet kornsmellerNorwegian Bokmål
  • stripesmellerNorwegian Bokmål
  • Gestreepte kniptorDutch
  • Gestreepte akkerkniptorDutch
  • Osiewnik rolowiecPolish
  • Щелкун линованныйRussian
  • Полосатый посевной щелкунRussian
  • Щелкун посевной полосатыйRussian
  • kováčik obilnýSlovak
  • randig sädesknäppareSwedish
  • Pamuk TelkurduTurkish

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Relatives of the lined click beetle

Other species in the same genus Agriotes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the lined click beetle?

An adult lined click beetle measures 1 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the lined click beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lined click beetle as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the lined click beetle?

The lined click beetle (Agriotes lineatus) belongs to the family Elateridae in the order Coleoptera.

What eats the lined click beetle?

Animals recorded preying on the lined click beetle include common slow worm, blue-tailed damselfly, sand lizard and common grasshopper warbler. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lined click beetle (Agriotes lineatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lined-click-beetle

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BibTeX
@misc{lined_click_beetle_2026,
  title = {Lined click beetle (Agriotes lineatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lined-click-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}