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Firefly Larvae

Lampyridae

Photo by KuheliBD
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Description:

This was about 2.5 inches long and was dragging the earthworm, and moments later the creature rolled up started consuming the earthworm.....

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Comments (6)
KuheliBD
Thank you everyone...This one was approximately 2.5 inches long and had a glow on its posterior end
bayucca
I would in the meanwhile tend to Lampyridae.
NuwanChathuranga
i recently spotted a firefly larva feeding on a snail http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/710016004
bayucca
Looks like a beetle larva and reminds me somehow of a Firefly larva, Lampyridae or Net-winged Beetle, Lycidae?? http://www.payer.de/amarakosa2/amarak2010629.jpg http://www.payer.de/amarakosa2/amarak2010630.jpg http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/05/05/firefly-larva-7/ http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/01/01/beetle-larva-either-firefly-or-netwing-beetle/ http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/glow-worm-of-borneo/ http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/firefly,larva/Recent

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Arthropods of North East India
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2014

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