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Male Glow Worm Beetle

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Description:

A very tiny male Glow-Worm Beetle. Males are fragile and winged with distinctive antennae. Females are larviform and most have bioluminescence. This one was so small at only 4 mm, that I didn't know what it was until I saw the pictures. Family Phengodidae.

Habitat:

Came to an ultraviolet light in the garden, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.

Reference Links:

– Friday Beetle Blogging: A Male Glow-worm

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