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Firefly larvae

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family Lampyridae

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6 Comments

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

i don't remember exactly! it was like 5 or 6cm..

Wong3
Wong3 11 years ago

possibly a Lamprigera firefly larva. Is it more than 6cm?

Tokio
Tokio 11 years ago

That could be the centipede. I think the slug looks too different.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

there are slugs like this http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/120...
around that area. what about centipedes! could they be mimicking centipedes ?

Tokio
Tokio 11 years ago

Just out of curiosity, are their poisonous slugs around that area. When I mean poisonous I mean to the predator because this from afar may look like a slug. Kind of like mimicry.

NuwanChathuranga
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NuwanChathuranga

බස්නාහිර පළාත, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Oct 10, 2012
Submitted on Oct 10, 2012

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