Hygrobia hermanni

Hygrobia hermanni
Hygrobia hermanni Size: 8,5-11 mm
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Hygrobiidae
Genus: Hygrobia
Species:
H. hermanni
Binomial name
Hygrobia hermanni
(Fabricius, 1775)

Hygrobia hermanni, commonly known as the screech beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Hygrobiidae. It is found in Southern and Western Europe and North Africa in stagnant and muddy waters. It's able to make a strident grating noise, hence the name screech beetle. The sound is produced when the sharp edge of the 7th abdominal tergite is rubbed against a subapical median file on the elytral undersurface.