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Spotting

Description:

Length: about 0.5" Segmented plates ending in spikes on either side of the body. Dark gray/brown above, whitish/yellow underneath, red spikes. Single, narrow light-colored stripe down the middle of the back.

Habitat:

Found under a rock along a rock wall. Outside temperature 45 F.

Notes:

Curled up very slowly when handled.

1 Species ID Suggestions

BugEric
BugEric 10 years ago
Firefly (larva)
Pyractomena sp. larvae - BugGuide.Net


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4 Comments

Andrea Lim
Andrea Lim 11 years ago

WOW unusual, almost prehistoric

bee.jacbs
bee.jacbs 11 years ago

Possibly a species of firefly larvae? (lampyridae?)

drP
drP 11 years ago

Cool!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Amazing!

corbinbrody1
Spotted by
corbinbrody1

Upton, Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on Mar 27, 2013
Submitted on Mar 27, 2013

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