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grits74571 Talihina, OK May 26, 2011

This guy was found on a short piece of 2x4 floating on a small tank of water after recent storms location SE Oklahoma

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Sheila_FW Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) May 27, 2011

Just me checking back ....thought you would have an id by now.

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) May 27, 2011

Looks like a species of Firefly, but I can't tell you which one.

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LadyAshleyR Oakland, MD May 27, 2011

American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/2489/
http://bugguide.net/node/view/6744

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Sheila_FW Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) May 27, 2011

Yuuck! No telling where the storm brought it from!

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) May 28, 2011

LadyAshley, how do you distinguish between fireflies and carrion beetles, as they appear to be very similar?

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LadyAshleyR Oakland, MD May 28, 2011

It's not similar at all if you know what you're looking at.
Carrion beetles are much rounder/larger, and fireflies have a longer body.
Fireflies also generally (but not always) have some orange on them as well.

Check out this pic to see the carrion beetle's size.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showimage/3402/


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grits74571 Talihina, OK Jun 02, 2011

in another post on this subject I noted the size 3/4"L X1/2"W, bear in mind I did not get down and measure it as it seemed to be excreting some sort of slime Thank all of you for your interesting comments ..

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kniphofia Cramlington, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 05, 2011

I remember seeing a group of these around a dead squirrel in my yard when I lived in Maine. Very fast movers - they were fascinating!

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