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Photo#379459
larva? - Lucidota atra

larva? - Lucidota atra
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
March 22, 2010
Size: 10 mm (15 mm extended)
Found under a board in the garden. When moving his head moved rhythmically from side to side.

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larva? - Lucidota atra larva? - Lucidota atra larva? - Lucidota atra

Moved

this one should be Lucidota a
this one should be Lucidota atra

Thank you all for comments and ID.
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Moved

Its a lampyrid.
First, compare overall general appearance:

Phengodidae:


Lampyridae:


Lycidae:


That pinkish coloration is very common in lampyrids, but it is hard to distinguish lampyrids from lycids in pictures sometimes.

If you have a specimen on hand you will see that Lycidae actually have 2 pairs of mandibles, 2 segmented antennae, and no epicranial suture.

Lampyridae have 1 pair of falcate mandibles, epicranial suture present, 3-segmented antennae, and luminous organ situated on the venter of abdominal segment 8. (With the exception of the CA species Pterotus obsuripennis which has its organ on 7 and 8)

Phengodidae are drastically different looking and have 1 pair of channeled or grooved mandibles, no epicranial suture, 3-Segmented antennae, and a pair of luminous organs on abdominal segments 1-8.

All of this is from Immature Insects Volume 2 :)

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Firefly larva of some kind., I suspect.
It looks a bit like this one:


 
Phengodidae vs Lampyridae...
I can't tell...yet.

 
Ah, yeah....
Forgot about them glowworms. :)

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