title: Melanotus villosus
text: # Melanotus villosus
  
  Melanotus villosus is a species of beetle in the family Elateridae and the genus Melanotus.
  
  ## Description
  
  Adult beetles size is 14–19 millimetres (0.55–0.75 in), but could extend up to 20 millimetres (0.79 in). The color of body and legs is black. It carries brown tarsi on its legs. And the antennas are brownish-black. Males have longer antennas and prothorax than females.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  The species can be found everywhere throughout England (Sherwood Forest), Wales, Scotland (especially in Loch Lomond, Dumfries, and Galloway), and the far North-west.
  
  ## Ecology
  
  The beetle eats old pine stumps.
  
  