The Elateridae are commonly called click beetles due to the unusual click mechanism they possess. A spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" which can bounce the beetle into the air.
Tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine (d1204) at Fontevraud Abbey in France. Eleanor was first married to Louis VII of France, and had two daughters by him. However, they divorced in March, and in May of the same year, she married Henry of Anjou the future Henry II of England
Electrophaes is a genus of moths in the Geometridae family.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Electrophaes
Species: E. corylata
Alabaster memorial to Elizabeth Knightley (d1602). A recumbent effigy with somewhat brightly coloured decoration. All Saints, Norton, Northamptonshire.
Memorial dedicated to Elizabeth Orme. Inscription notes her literacy.
Memorial to Elizabeth Verney (d1633).
This monument is to Elizabeth Williams (d1622) who died in childbirth, an effigy of a baby in its chrisom shroud lies by her side. Her sister also died in childbirth a year later and a monument to her is nearby. Both monuments are the work of Samuel Baldwin of Stroud.
Elophila is a genus of moths in the Crambidae family
