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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lampyrini » Microphotus
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Glowworm - Microphotus - female
Copyright © 2008 Arlene Ripley

Glowworm - Microphotus - Female
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 5, 2008
Size: 1 cm

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Contributed by Arlene Ripley on 6 July, 2008 - 8:14pm
Last updated 3 November, 2016 - 12:52pm

How about...
... an adult female Microphotus angustus. The females are larvaform. They crawl up onto prominent locations and turn on the light for a couple of hours for just a few weeks. The males, with their big eyes, home in onto the light.

I know them from the Sierras and Cascades. I didn't know they were in Arizona, so someone probably should confirm before the images are moved.
… Bugscouter, 14 November, 2009 - 1:38am login or register to post comments

Artjom
Thanks for identifying these larvae.
… tom murray, 11 January, 2009 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

It is Microphotus sp larva
It is Microphotus sp larva
… Artjom Zaitsev, 11 January, 2009 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Fireflies.
… tom murray, 11 January, 2009 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

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