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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Net-winged Beetles (Lycidae) » Lycinae » Calopterini » Calopteron » Larvae (Calopteron Larvae)
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Lampyridae (Firefly) - Calopteron
Copyright © 2008 J

Lampyridae (Firefly) - Calopteron
Lancaster/Ewing Run, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
July 12, 2008
Size: ~7/8"
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Contributed by J on 12 July, 2008 - 1:05pm
Last updated 12 November, 2013 - 7:21am

Moved
Moved from Calopteron.
… v belov, 12 November, 2013 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Fireflies.
… tom murray, 11 January, 2009 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

calopteron
calopteron
… joeCicero, 10 January, 2009 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

I think that it's Lycidae lar
I think that it's Lycidae larva (although the head could hardly be seen, to state for sure)
… Artjom Zaitsev, 15 October, 2008 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

nice shot of a larval firefly
go to Lampyridae to find more
… v belov, 12 July, 2008 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Not so sure.
Many larvae of netwing beetles (Lycidae) are nearly identical to lampyrid larvae. I can't tell the difference myself in many cases!
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 July, 2008 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Take a look at the larvae [ur
Take a look at the larvae here.
… Steve Nanz, 12 October, 2008 - 4:46am login or register to post comments

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