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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Cratomorphini » Pyractomena » larvae (Pyractomena larvae)
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Is this the bug they put in Chekov's ear in that Star Trek Movie? - Pyractomena
Copyright © 2008 Bradley LaForest

Is this the bug they put in Chekov's ear in that Star Trek Movie? - Pyractomena
Buxton, York County, Maine, USA
May 9, 2008
Size: 1" to 1.25"
I have never seen anything like this before. Its head is completely retractable as seen in the second image. I'm having a hard time keying this out. When walking, it would curl its abdomen underneath itself and push-off. This inscet was found on the garage floor.

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Is this the bug they put in Chekov's ear in that Star Trek Movie? - Pyractomena Is this the bug they put in Chekov's ear in that Star Trek Movie? - Pyractomena
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Contributed by Bradley LaForest on 16 May, 2008 - 9:12pm
Last updated 10 March, 2014 - 3:03pm

Moved
Moved from Pyractomena.
… v belov, 3 March, 2013 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Firefly Larvae.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 January, 2009 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

Pyractomena (see #15778)
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… v belov, 11 January, 2009 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

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

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 October, 2008 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

Lampyrid larva?
looks somewhat like this one (to my inexpert eye):



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… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 16 May, 2008 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

 
can be moved to Lampyridae page
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