Firefly Larva

Subject:  Glowing bug
Geographic location of the bug:  Hopkinsville ky.
Date: 10/15/2017
Time: 12:09 PM EDT
After dark , just the other nite. I seen this glow out on the yard, look like a lightning bug glow. Went to investigate it an this is what I found.
How you want your letter signed:  Robert Daniels

Firefly Larva

Dear Robert,
This is the larva of a Firefly and many larval Fireflies are also capable of bioluminescence.  There is a similar image of a Firefly larva on the University of Kentucky Entomology site.

Thank you so much! Never dreamed that a firefly larva would look like this. Looked more like some type of roly poly spiecis.

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