insect riddle

[Galapoheros]

I took a pic of this insect in the dark. Can you figure out what it is?

 

[dtknow]

Cicada? Walkingstick? tiger beetle?

 

[Galapoheros]

..nope, ..bzzzzt, ..getting warmer

It glows in the dark. Do some Walkingsticks glow?

 

[spydrhunter1]

elateridae: click beetle

 

[Galapoheros]

ding,ding,ding,ding,ding, You got it!

 

[Stylopidae]

Genus Pyrophorus

 

[DrGigglez666]

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Are those the bugs that pop and flick if you pick them up or touch them??

 

[spydrhunter1]

Are those the bugs that pop and flick if you pick them up or touch them??

Those are the beasts...we have one species on the East Coast Alaus oculatus, the eyed elator that gets 1" to 2". Most of our species are less than 1".

 

[Galapoheros]

Here's one I found on a tree in my backyard here in Tx about a week ago.

 

[cacoseraph]

crazy stuff, as usual

 

[Tleilaxu]

I took a pic of this insect in the dark. Can you figure out what it is?

You should try and breed those! I bet people would pay for something like that.

 

[kahoy]

You should try and breed those! I bet people would pay for something like that.

like me...

but for the fireflies only by now...

 

[Stylopidae]

You should try and breed those! I bet people would pay for something like that.

Not a bad idea.

 

[Mr. Mordax]

That's awesome!! :clap:

I saw a similar species in California a few summers ago, and was so frustrated when it wouldn't glow.

 

[FelanMoira]

okay, I'll stick to my little bugs in WV - I ain't moving to Texas!

 

[Steven Gielis]

Does anybody knows how to keep them? They are very interesting!!!

 

[beetleman]

the adults eat very little(leaves,shoots,etc) the larvas feed on roots,small insects etc. as far as keeping them i kept the adults for alittle them released them.