Phengodidae Glowworm female - Phengodes laticollis

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… v belov, 26 May, 2015 - 4:57pm

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… v belov, 3 March, 2013 - 7:21am

P.. laticollis

Gorgeous shots. do you have length? I would bet according to published accounts stretching back 100 years this is instead a P. laticollis larva especially given its location.
P. nigromaculata are a Florida, Deep south species, similar dots that peter out (I think) but smaller. The P. nigromaculata name comes from the dark mark on the males' pronotum, NOT the spotted larvae. We should add a P. laticollis section for these Phengodes because P. laticollis is very widespread and encountered more frequently, along with P. plumosa,in the east, especially outside of Florida. Remember ideally we have associations with males to ID to any species in Phengodes, and even then it is easy to be wrong, so little is known. I have encountered all the forms of P. laticollis many times associated with one another and feel pretty secure in this ID.

… LFaust, 18 November, 2014 - 3:34pm

How did I miss this?

Thank you so much for this description! :)

… Ashley Bradford, 26 May, 2015 - 5:35pm

thanks again, Lynn

you're most helpful

… v belov, 26 May, 2015 - 4:58pm

Nice job

v! Is mine the same kind?:

… Ashley Bradford, 3 March, 2013 - 10:42am

These

are really beautiful photos! I just found my first of these today and ended up here in my search to find what this thing was. :)

… Ashley Bradford, 29 September, 2011 - 9:57pm

Thank you Ashley. They are am

Thank you Ashley. They are amazing creatures.

… Wil Hershberger, 30 September, 2011 - 7:22am