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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Glowworm Beetles (Phengodidae) » Phengodini » Glowworms (Phengodes)
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Luminescent larvae 1 - Phengodes
Copyright © 2012 Jessie_Hermes

Luminescent larvae 1 - Phengodes
Medina County, Texas, USA
October 12, 2012
1/4" Grid Paper for size reference in the first image.
This specimen was spotted at night crawling through the grass at a cattle ranch 15 miles NW of Hondo Texas. Its luminescence varies and seems to intensify when it's threatened. Simply breathing on it will brighten its glow. So far I believe it to be some sort of Click Beetle larvae. I'd appreciate a solid ID!

Here's a link to video I've taken of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1JzlVsSSA8

Note that at the :06sec mark the larva's glow brightens.

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Contributed by Jessie_Hermes on 16 October, 2012 - 9:20am
Last updated 30 October, 2012 - 6:55pm

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