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Weird Bug - Pyractomena
Copyright © 2007 Ashley Bradford

Weird Bug - Pyractomena
Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
My dad found this on his house a couple years ago and just showed me the photo. I've never seen anything like it. I'm assuming it's a larva, but of what?
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 27 November, 2007 - 2:18pm
Last updated 17 October, 2011 - 4:26pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Firefly Larvae.
… tom murray, 11 January, 2009 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

Pyractomena (see #15778)
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… v belov, 11 January, 2009 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Date of observation
is December - but that is the submission date. Thus the table for observations reads that a firefly was observed in TN in Dec. -- that got me very curious. So this observation date should be changed. The submitter did not specify any date.... Thanks!
… Elin Pierce, 16 October, 2011 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

 
Oh good point
I'll remove the date until I can get an answer from him, if I can... Thanks!
… Ashley Bradford, 17 October, 2011 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow
Thank you! =)
… Ashley Bradford, 11 January, 2009 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Fireflies.
… tom murray, 11 January, 2009 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

Firefly larva.
This is most likely the larva of a firefly, family Lampyridae. It should have had light-emitting segments near the tail, on the underside.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 November, 2007 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
That sure looks like it!
Thanks so much for solving our mystery! =) Considering how many of the adults I see flying around in the summer here, I'm surprised I've never seen one of these. I guess they hide during the day?
… Ashley Bradford, 27 November, 2007 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

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