Can you identify this bug?
April 8, 2010
We found this bug walking across a dirt road near a river.
LFP
southern Vermont
Dear LFP,
This is most probably a Firefly Larva. There is a photo of a Photuris species on BugGuide that looks very similar. The larvae of Net Winged Beetles also look very similar.
I found one too. I spent allmost an hour trying to figure out what it was. I finally went to Bing instead of Google and typed in ” brown armored larvae like insect with retractable head”, then pushed the image button and just like that the third picture was the one posted here. So thanks.
Thanks for letting us know how you found us.