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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Glowworm Beetles (Phengodidae) » Phengodini » Glowworms (Phengodes) » Phengodes fusciceps
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Glowworm Beetle - Phengodes fusciceps - male
Copyright © 2012 Robert Lord Zimlich

Glowworm Beetle - Phengodes fusciceps - Male
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
March 23, 2012
Size: 22-24mm
What a magnificent creature ... shame I see only once a year. I "pulled the trigger" just the moment he flared for take off ... one of those golden moments
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 24 March, 2012 - 10:09am
Last updated 14 April, 2016 - 11:05am

How did you come up with this
How did you come up with this ID? I see a lot of these here in west TN but since there are several species of Phengodes without pages on BG and the ones that are pictured look very similar, I've been afraid to put a species name on mine. Judging by the number of images at the Genus level, I'm not the only one.
… Ken Childs, 21 November, 2014 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

 
Dark bands
Based on Mike Quinn's specimens. Plus, after nearly four years, Vassili would have moved, as he has others
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 21 November, 2014 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

You mean you won't have these for us
at the Bug Swarm??!!
… john and jane balaban, 24 March, 2012 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Distribution
Check the distribution map :(
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 24 March, 2012 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

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