CLOSED: glow worm or glow bug in California ?

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) Oct 18, 2006

this bug seems to show up here in the north after a rain in all sizes
this image is of one approx 1 inch long
does anybody know what it is ?

Dick

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Oct 18, 2006

It's gotta be a firefly larva, but I can't find any pictures that look quite like that one. Around here in June they're everywhere, but I've only seen the larvae a couple times. Some of them are called Net Wing beetles. As kids we always called them lightning bugs

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) Oct 18, 2006

claypa
we are not supposed to have fireflys in Calif
but we do have glow worms
this one does not look like any of the picts i have found online so far of glow worms
but
i have learned it is a Pterotus obscuripennis a near relative of the firefly

Dick


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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Oct 19, 2006

Pterotus is a genus in the family of fireflies, Lampyridae, so it's a firefly alright. Is that your picture? You should put it in Bug Files!

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) Oct 19, 2006

Claypa
i will put it & this one in the bug files :-)

Dick

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Brian95006 Jun 10, 2012

I just saw a glowing worm like the one if you picture in the Santa Cruz mountains. I have never seen anything like it

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