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Glowworm Beetle - Phengodes
Copyright © 2005 knapperbill

Glowworm Beetle - Phengodes
Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois, USA
June 7, 2005
Any ideas on this one? I found something similar in the Peterson Field Guide of Beetles, but I have a hard time with drawings. Is this a glowworm beetle? This was attracted to a blacklight that I set out last night. Image 9364 looks similar, but I'm just not sure.
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Contributed by knapperbill on 8 June, 2005 - 12:23pm
Last updated 28 July, 2006 - 5:53am

Yes, male glowworm:-)
Neat image of a neat beetle in the genus Phengodes, family Phengodidae. Females are larviform, retaining all the characteristics of their youth, but adding mature reproductive organs, and compound eyes! I love the antennae on the male.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 June, 2005 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

 
That looks a lot like the one I'm trying to identify!
Is it the same thing?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/196062
… Amsyy, 30 June, 2008 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

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