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Click beetle

Family Elateridae

Description:

Unidentified click beetle. This animal has 2 glowing spots on its pronotum, making it a bioluminescent organism. See photo #2 for an example of how it glows in the dark. :-)

Habitat:

Neighborhood

Notes:

Spotting #800

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3 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Pyrophorus sp.???

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Elateridae, Click Beetle.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Congrats Aaron on your spotting # 800 with this amazing beetle with two glowing spots.

Aaron_G
Spotted by
Aaron_G

Panama

Spotted on May 17, 2008
Submitted on Jan 16, 2013

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