Phengodidae: Glow-worms, Railroad Worms
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Description: Photographs and information on these beetles, their distribution, description, biology and behavior.
common name: glow-worms, railroad-worms scientific name: (Insecta: Coleoptera: Phengodidae) The family Phengodidae are uncommonly encountered beetles that have bioluminescent females that appear to be larvaiform (or larger versions of the immature stage.) These adult females are able to produce light from paired photic organs located on each body segment (one glowing spot on each side) and sometimes also from luminous bands that extend across the dorsal surface of the body between each body segment. Females appear to be more commonly encountered than larvae. Because these glowing spots along the females body resemble the windows of train cars internally illuminated in the night, they are often referred to as "railroad-worms."
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| Page title: | glow-worms, railroad-worms |
| Keywords: | low-worms, railroad-worms Phengodidae Phengodes Zarhipis integripennis Cenophengus Distremocephalus Paraptorthodius Stenophrixothrix Zarhipis fuscipes floridensis intermedia laticollis meridiana nigromaculata plumosa Marc Branham |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |