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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Glowworm Beetles (Phengodidae) » Phengodini » Glowworms (Phengodes)
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Phengodid adult female - Phengodes - female
Copyright © 2014 Jessica Walden-Gray

Phengodid adult female - Phengodes - Female
Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA
September 11, 2014
Size: Approx. 3 inches
Found in school hallway this AM

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Phengodid adult female - Phengodes - female Classroom larva - Phengodes
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Contributed by Jessica Walden-Gray on 11 September, 2014 - 6:55am
Last updated 15 September, 2021 - 11:37pm

Moved
Moved from Glowworm Beetles.
… v belov, 15 September, 2021 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Alan Jeon, 29 October, 2014 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 6 October, 2014 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

maybe a Phengodid larva?
… Drew Sheaffer, 11 September, 2014 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

 
Phengodid larviform adult female
That's the ID from multiple sources. I've been told that the pigmentation patterns can lead to a reliable species ID.
… Jessica Walden-Gray, 11 September, 2014 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

Phengodes sp.
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… v belov, 11 September, 2014 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

 
ID
Thanks! I was thinking it looked like an elaterid/lampyrid but I never expected one of these guys to be so big!
… Jessica Walden-Gray, 11 September, 2014 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks! I was thinking it looked like an elaterid/lampyrid but I never expected one of these guys to be so big!
… Jessica Walden-Gray, 11 September, 2014 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

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