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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Unidentified larvae/pupae » Pyractomena-type --tmp page
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Firefly larva?
Copyright © 2009 John Hartgerink

Firefly larva?
Baton Rouge - BREC Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
February 7, 2009
Size: about 3/4 inch
Found on the trunk of a Hackberry tree.
At 17:00.
About 75 deg F.
More larvae and emerging adults within inches of this one.


I have attached a photo of a nearby emerging adult in a separate note.
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Contributed by John Hartgerink on 7 February, 2009 - 8:18pm
Last updated 3 March, 2013 - 11:23am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Firefly Larvae.
… v belov, 3 March, 2013 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

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Several individuals were located on the same tree trunk.
Within a few feet of each other.
They are believed to be the same species.
Link to a larva on the go.
Link to a pupa.
… John Hartgerink, 9 February, 2009 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

There's a similar photo (with the head extended) here:
Unfortunately, it hasn't been identified beyond family.
… Carmen Champagne, 7 February, 2009 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for showing one with the head out.
… John Hartgerink, 7 February, 2009 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Pyractomena?
The cast larval skin in your image of the pupa looks identical to this, so I would wager on Pyractomena for the genus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 February, 2009 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

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