Click beetles
Elateridae
Identifications
click beetles
Elateridae
Caption
These are Click Beetle larvae, you can see damage they do to corn seed. Some also feed on the roots of plants (family Elateridae).
Contributors
Jim Kalisch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Entomology
(photographer; copyright holder)
More details: 
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/seedpest/wireworms.htm
(photographer; copyright holder)
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