Melanotus villosus is a species of beetle in the family Elateridae and the genus Melanotus.
Adult beetles size is 14-, but could extend up to .[1] 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.[2]
The species can be found everywhere throughout England (Sherwood Forest),[3] Wales, Scotland (especially in Loch Lomond, Dumfries, and Galloway), and the far North-west.
The beetle eats old pine stumps.