Subject: Two green lights on its head at night
Location: The Bahamas
June 5, 2016 12:34 pm
Dear bugman,
Please tell me what this bug is
Signature: Ross Treubig
Dear Ross,
Though there is not much visible in your image beyond the vague outline and the two bright green lights, there is no doubt in our mind that this is a Glowing Click Beetle or Fire Beetle in the genus Deilelater. Most of our reports come from Florida, and occasionally from Texas, and recently we have been receiving many comments on old postings, leading us to believe there is a spike in populations of Glowing Click Beetles this year, but your image is the first we have received in many years.
In spanish we call them cucullo. They are native to puerto rico but I grew up with them here in Miami every summer. They seemed to have disapeared in the 2000’s but the last couple of years they seem to be back. We consider them good luck and love to play with them. They also love to get in our houses and youll see their cute little green “eyes” walking along the floor up up the walls. 🙂
Thanks for placing this comment on multiple postings of Glowing Click Beetles or Cucullos.
I’m currently lying in bed in a thatched hut treehouse on a beach in Vanuatu and there are glowing green eyes everywhere! They fly, and are wandering through the roof!! Reassured by this post of pretty green lights of nature rather than scary bug 🙂
I had to go get my camera on this one. I saw these two green lights in a flower pot one night in Uvalde, TX. I had never seen one and thought it was very interesting After videoing it, I looked it up. It is definitely a strange sight and a first for me.