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title: "Mottled dingy-brown click beetle"
description: "Agrypnus murinus — Insects & spiders. Agrypnus murinus, known as the mottled dingy-brown click beetle, is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae subfamily Agrypninae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mottled-dingy-brown-click-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mottled dingy-brown click beetle

> Agrypnus murinus — Insects & spiders. Agrypnus murinus, known as the mottled dingy-brown click beetle, is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae subfamily Agrypninae.

- Scientific name: *Agrypnus murinus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 14860
- Wikidata: [Q1305137](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1305137)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52406](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52406)

## Names

- en: Mottled dingy-brown click beetle
- de: Mausgrauer Schnellkäfer
- fr: Taupin à plaques velues
- it: Agrypnus murina
- nl: Muisgrijze kniptor
- pl: Podrzut myszaty

## Countries with the most observations

DE (3685), RU (1442), AT (1416), FR (1287), PL (929), IT (707), CZ (701), DK (628), GB (576), UA (563), NL (394), LT (355)

## Summary

Agrypnus murinus, known as the mottled dingy-brown click beetle, is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae subfamily Agrypninae.

 This beetle is present in most of Europe, the eastern Palearctic realm, the Near East and the Nearctic realm.

The dark-brown larvae of this beetle develop in the soil, eating roots, worms and larvae of other insects.
The adults grow up to 10–17 millimetres (0.39–0.67 in) long and is mostly encountered from late April through June in open or mountain areas, low forests or grassland habitats, being sometimes dangerous for crops.
The whole body is grey-brown with greyish…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrypnus_murinus

## Photo

![Mottled dingy-brown click beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mottled-dingy-brown-click-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Del Barba · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25255523

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mottled-dingy-brown-click-beetle?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).