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The bug looks heavily armored. This one i found on a rock. It looks like a larval form of some insect (counting its limbs). and while moving it uses its caudal portion like that of inch-worm. And one more point, it dislikes sun-light. :)
Spotted on Apr 15, 2012
Submitted on Apr 15, 2012
18 Comments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampyris_no...
Ashish, do you have any info on which species of glow worms are available in India ? from any entomology book ? i would like to know about the species found in high altitudes. :) thank you.
Welcome Chime... I observed them since my childhood across Western ghats I walked around so far....
@chimetsetan
Should I rethink my ID as well?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/987...
thank you harsuame :)
Ashish, you are right. John Tyler confirms it to be a glow worm. L. noctiluca probably but we need to confirm with a pic of an adult. :)
Bellas series
Ashish and jgorneau, i have written to John Tyler ( an entomologist who has done extensive studies on glow worms). hope he confirms it for us. jgorneau, i must say your spotting does resemble a lot with this one. :)
Here is what I based my guess/ID on:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/987...
Although my spotting may be a much different species, the structure seems to be alike.
http://wildinbritain.co.uk/Glowworms/lif...
This is interesting... may help Nuwan to get ID...
http://tolweb.org/Elateroidea/9084
hi Ashish bro, long time no see. :)
now to me also this seems like firefly larva. i googled up and found many pics resembling to my spotting. Here is an example http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/27/f...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioluminesc...
I think this is not Larvae.
Female Glow-worm
well this seems to explain its dislike towards sunlight. :) thank you Keith and jgorneau.
This is firefly larva. I have spotted one before and I was thinking the same thing, chimetsetan. I believe Keith is correct.
Thank you KeithRoragen. Even i thought it resembled firefly larva but i failed to find the glow on it's caudal region,,, and moreover the way it moved (like that of inch-worm) using its caudal portion was bit different from that of regular firefly larva.
*firefly larva is common at high altitudes (i have seen alot in Dharamsala, Himachal pradesh during my school days.)
Great series. It is good to see so many views. This looks like a Lampyrid (Firefly) larva.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/248625/bgp...