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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Just me checking back ....thought you would have an id by now.
Looks like a species of Firefly, but I can't tell you which one.
American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/2489/
http://bugguide.net/node/view/6744
This message was edited May 27, 2011 4:59 PM
Yuuck! No telling where the storm brought it from!
LadyAshley, how do you distinguish between fireflies and carrion beetles, as they appear to be very similar?
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/
This message was edited May 28, 2011 4:27 PM
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 ..
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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