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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Glowworm Beetles (Phengodidae) » Glowworms (Phengodes)
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Male Glowworm Beetle - Phengodes - male
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Schimming

Male Glowworm Beetle - Phengodes - Male
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
May 21, 2006
Size: around 20 mm
Found dead in a spider's web. Is it a true bug or a fly or what?
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 21 May, 2006 - 1:25pm
Last updated 23 June, 2009 - 9:18pm

Moved
Moved from Glowworm Beetles.
… v belov, 23 June, 2009 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

What
about a glowworm beetle?
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 21 May, 2006 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you're right
I didn't think of this because beetles shouldn't have this kind of wings. These are weird looking beetles!
… Lynette Schimming, 21 May, 2006 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

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