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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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Glowworm beetle - Phengodes - male
Copyright © 2008 Aaron Goodwin

Glowworm beetle - Phengodes - Male
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
July 3, 2008
Size: ~ 1 inch
This guy came to my blacklight, and I honestly don't have a clue as to its identity. I poked around Bugguide and my field guides and got nowhere. Sorry I don't have a better image.
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Contributed by Aaron Goodwin on 5 July, 2008 - 5:14pm
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

It's a male too!
You would not recognize the female unless you were familiar with the family. Females are larviform and glow in the dark.
… Jim McClarin, 5 July, 2008 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

 
cool
You'd think I'd know better. My zoo has a bioluminescence display and the "railroad worm" is presented in model form along with glowing fungi, fireflies, and a few other glowing lifeforms.

We don't show these beetles in adult form so that's why I didn't know what it was. (that's my story anyway!)
… Aaron Goodwin, 5 July, 2008 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

Phengodidae
Check them out. The antennae and short elytra are characteristic of most.
… Rick Buss, 5 July, 2008 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
I totally didn't see this as a beetle, so I skipped Coleoptera in my search. This is a new one on me and I'll definitely remember it in the future. Thanks, Rick!
… Aaron Goodwin, 5 July, 2008 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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