Female has brown spots on forewings. Bodies are worm like, legless, slimy, and grayish. Nymph is tiny and light green.
Legs are strong and have several coarse spines.
Thorax and wings are covered with minute depressions. Adult is elongated, hard-bodied, click beetle. Female has brown spots on forewings. Nymph is bright yellow and covered in frothy material. Larva is legless and found on stems or roots of legumes or some other field crops.