Spitting click beetle
Agriotes sputator (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedbeetles
The spitting click beetle (Agriotes sputator) is a species in the family Elateridae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 7.25 mm in length.
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Quick facts about the spitting click beetle
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 7.25 mmsrc 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 spitting click beetle?
What eats the spitting click beetle?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded predators of the spitting click beetle
5 on record
- Cucumber green spider Araniella cucurbitina2 sources
- Common stretch spider Tetragnatha extensa2 sources
- Gorse orbweaver Agalenatea redii2 sources
- Wasp spider Argiope bruennichi2 sources
- Tent spider Pisaura mirabilis2 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
- Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021).
- @article{Hines_2019, doi = {10.1002/ecy.2679}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fecy.2679}, year = 2019, month = {mar}, publisher = {Wiley}, pages = {e02679}, author = {Jes Hines and Darren P. Giling and Michael Rzanny and Winfried Voigt and Sebastian T. Meyer and Wolfgang W. Weisser and Nico Eisenha
Where does the spitting click beetle live?
Not recorded
Is the spitting 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 spitting click beetle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyElateridae
- genusAgriotes
- SpeciesAgriotes sputator (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Elater sputator
Other names and names in other languages (12)
- kovařík locikovýCzech
- Lille kornsmælderDanish
- Gråbrun sædsmælderDanish
- Gelbbrauner SchnellkäferGerman
- réti pattanóHungarian
- Pasėlinis dirvaspragšisLithuanian
- strandsmellerNorwegian Bokmål
- Kleine kniptorDutch
- Osiewnik skibowiecPolish
- Щелкун посевной малыйRussian
- kováčik locikovýSlovak
- mindre sädesknäppareSwedish
Relatives of the spitting click beetle
Other species in the same genus Agriotes.
Lined click beetle
Agriotes lineatus
Dusky wireworm
Agriotes obscurus
Wheat wireworm
Agriotes mancus
Western click beetle
Agriotes ustulatus
Dark click beetle
Agriotes fucosus
Rusty click beetle
Agriotes ferrugineipennis
CompareSpitting click beetle vs Lined click beetleSpitting click beetle vs Dusky wirewormSpitting click beetle vs Wheat wirewormSpitting click beetle vs Western click beetle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the spitting click beetle?
An adult spitting click beetle measures 7.25 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the spitting click beetle?
The spitting click beetle (Agriotes sputator) belongs to the family Elateridae in the order Coleoptera.
What eats the spitting click beetle?
Animals recorded preying on the spitting click beetle include cucumber green spider, common stretch spider, gorse orbweaver and wasp spider. 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.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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