Kōrero: Beetles
The body of this flightless Cook Strait click beetle (Amychus granulatus) is broad and rough. This species is found on islands in the Marlborough Sounds and Cook Strait. Click beetles are so named because they audibly pop a joint in their belly to right themselves if they fall on their back. There are more than 135 species in New Zealand.
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Natural Sciences Image Library of New Zealand
Reference: In0509Mrt
by John Marris
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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang
John Marris, Beetles – Beetles and humans, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14380/cook-strait-click-beetle (accessed 28 October 2025).
He kōrero nā John Marris, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.