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Glowing Click Beetle - Deilelater
Copyright © 2007 Machele White

Glowing Click Beetle - Deilelater
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
July 10, 2007
Size: 15mm
Came to light, chilled and released.

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Contributed by Machele White on 13 July, 2007 - 5:03am
Last updated 2 March, 2012 - 11:23am

Glowing beetle
I would love to see one of these. We have glowing beetles in Argentina; we call them "tucos". They have an additional, brighter light on the abdomen that only shows when they fly. We used to gather a bunch of them and make them fly indoors. Lots of fun.
Do these ones also have an abdominal light?
… Beatriz Moisset, 18 January, 2008 - 7:30am login or register to post comments

 
Glowing beetle.
Tucos, that would be very neat to see. I can remember doing the same thing with the fireflies in Ohio, I sure do miss seeing the masses of them that I used to. These don't have glowing abdomens, just the two spots on the pronotum.
… Machele White, 18 January, 2008 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

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