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Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)
Photo#379459
Copyright © 2010
Lynn Bergen
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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Contributed by
Lynn Bergen
on 24 March, 2010 - 7:36pm
Last updated 11 August, 2016 - 12:52am
Moved
Moved from
Unidentified Firefly Larvae
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 3 March, 2013 - 12:40am
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this one should be Lucidota a
this one should be Lucidota atra
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joeCicero
, 3 March, 2013 - 12:27am
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Thank you all for comments and ID.
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Lynn Bergen
, 24 March, 2010 - 9:32pm
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Moved
Moved from
Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles
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Lynn Bergen
, 24 March, 2010 - 9:32pm
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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 :)
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Natalie Hernandez
, 24 March, 2010 - 9:08pm
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Moved
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John F. Carr
, 24 March, 2010 - 8:58pm
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Firefly larva of some kind., I suspect.
It looks a bit like this one:
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 24 March, 2010 - 7:45pm
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Phengodidae vs Lampyridae...
I can't tell...yet.
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Blaine Mathison
, 24 March, 2010 - 7:47pm
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Ah, yeah....
Forgot about them glowworms. :)
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 24 March, 2010 - 7:49pm
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