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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 20, 2008

I saw these glowing on the ground where I was dumping some compost material behind the shed. Sorry, bad picture

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 20, 2008

Same shot with flash.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 20, 2008

There are lots of "lightning bugs" around here, a few different kinds even, but I've never seen a pupa before.

Tried to get some better shots, not so good.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 20, 2008

There are similar pics (Much better...) on bugguide for the Black Firefly Lucidota atra, I guess that's what this is. I've seen beetle pupa a few times but never a luminescent one!
Anyway, I just figured I'd share the pics. Maybe I can get better ones this weekend

http://bugguide.net/node/view/17177/bgimage

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