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Glowing Click Beatle
I found this bug outside my front door, doing a little research, I found they ar part of the click beetle family, I know they are perdominatly from Peru, and the Costa Rica areas of the world, but other info. is very limited, I cannot find much else about it, much less why I found it in a bush here in sunny South Florida. If you can enlighten me with a little more information about this weird beetle, please do so.
Thanks,
Kevin

Hi Kevin,
Click Beetles in the genus Pyrophorus are known as Fire Beetles. Most species are found in tropical America, but they are also found in the U.S. Southwest and Florida. In Florida, they fly in May, so your specimen is right on schedule. In Spanish, according to the Audubon Guide, they “are known as Cucujos and often caught and worn as a luminous decoration by partygoers.” Eric Eaton then sent in this information: “The Fire Beetles have been split up into three genera, from the single Pyrophorus, so I’m not sure which one is shown there, but I wouldn’t worry about it. The