Click Beetle Small 320×121 Medium 640×243 Large 1024×389 Download Tiff Original 2400×911 | (383.1 KB) Description Also known as skipjacks. They are a beetle characterized by a click mechanism they possess, which they use to avoid predation. Keywords beetle, bug, Click, Click Beetle, clicking, Insect, skipjack, skipjacks Galleries Other Orders of Insects Source: Nicholson, George The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, Div. VI (London, England: L. Upcott Gill, 1884)