Crossword puzzle clue "click beetles"

ELATERID, a click beetle, also ELATER

ELATER, a kind of beetle, aka skipjack beetle

AUTO, to ride in an automobile

BORER, one that bores

CHAFER, any of several kinds of beetle, esp. of the Scarabeidae

a dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc.

DOR, to mock, scoff at, also DORR