Firefly larva

mystery larva

I have never seen one like this larva and would love to see it in the flesh so to speak. Did you see it glow? Did it have any light patches or light organs on the terminal end ventrally? It does look very firefly like, but I am not entirely convinced. Hopefully you will find more and send one or two to Joe Cicero for verification as a Lampyrid or attempt rearing them out. For sure look for glows in the dark or the light organs if you find any more of these little fellows.

… LFaust, 24 April, 2013 - 8:47pm

Moved

Moved from Unidentified larvae & pupae.

… v belov, 5 March, 2013 - 9:10pm

actually, this correlates som

actually, this correlates somewhat to #540439 except that it has orange lateral thoracic lunules while the other one doesn't....still don't know what it is, but the mandibles are showing so it def is a lamp

… joeCicero, 5 March, 2013 - 8:59pm

Moved

Moved from Fireflies.

… John F. Carr, 17 October, 2010 - 6:59pm

Moved

Moved from Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles.
Thanks Joe. I didn't know how to rear one of these larvae, so I released it.

… tom murray, 1 May, 2010 - 9:29pm

this is a firefly larva; not

this is a firefly larva; not sure which offhand; I'd have to browse the literature; try to rear it out.

… joeCicero, 1 May, 2010 - 9:12pm