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Bioluminescent Click Beetle

Photo by nosarasue
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Field Notes

Notes:

A few of these came into the house before we got netting on the windows. They are funny. If they stop moving the lights power down; if you give them a gentle poke they jump about 6 inches high & make a sizzling sound.

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Comments (3)
Dan Doucette
These beetle are so cool! I wasn't sure what it was when I first spotted one. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21159034
nosarasue
Haven't noticed any glowing fungi around here but then I haven't really looked either.
keithp2012
Do they eat glowing fungi that causes the glowing?
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2013

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