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Glowing Click Beetle (Cocuyo)

Ignelater havaniensis

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

wooded areas, fields, gardens

Notes:

This is an old childhood friend, from growing up in Cuba, that we still see now and then here in South Florida. Cocuyo is the common Cuban name. the last two pictures are to show how they glow.

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Aaron_G
I saw one of these in Panama and was blown away!

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PublishedJanuary 11, 2012

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