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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)
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red spotted 3 in. black beetle larvae
Copyright © 2006 perifrog

red spotted 3 in. black beetle larvae
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 17, 2006
Size: 2.5 to 3 inches
found it crawling in the pine straw in a natural area mid afternoon Durham, North Carolina
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Contributed by perifrog on 17 September, 2006 - 9:20pm
Last updated 21 September, 2006 - 5:48pm

Phengodid
This is a glow worm, a female phengodid beetle. They eat millipedes.
… Jim McClarin, 17 September, 2006 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

 
never really heard of one
I couldn't figure out which category to look under and looked at the regular beetles. I'm so disappointed we didn't get to see it glow. (last night I had been commenting on glow worms on another site but didn't put two and two together). We looked for it tonight and found some wooly bear catapillars instead. I imagine if glow worm larvae are predators then they have a pretty large range. Thanks!!
… perifrog, 18 September, 2006 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

I just got
a picture of one of those maybe 30 or so minutes ago!
… GypsumWolf, 17 September, 2006 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
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Looks like this persons picture

… GypsumWolf, 17 September, 2006 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

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