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Trap for live-luring glow worm males

Trap for live-luring glow worm males
Ecuador, New Hampshire, USA
This is one of the new-genus Mastinocerini (Phengodidae) larviform females I used in my live-lure trap for the males that flew in to court them. She is in the process of applying pheromone scent to as much of her body as she can reach from glands in her anal area.

Bug Guide editors: Yes, this image shows a specimen from outside the Bug Guide region but it serves to illustrate the trap's use and I'd like to keep it with the rest of the post without attempting to assign it to a taxon page.

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