Gallery: Glowing Predatory Insect Graboids

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    Glow Worm WM

    Glow little glow worm...so you can capture and kill things. Jaws open, the larva lies in wait for prey.
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    Jeff Cremer
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    Glow Worm Wall

    A glowing wall of death. The green glow shows where multiple wireworms have tunneled into the soil bank.
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    Jeff Cremer
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    Predatory Glow Worms

    Close up of the beetle shows the glowing bioluminescent glands.
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    Jeff Cremer
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    Glow Worm

    The beetle larva removed from its burrow; it looks much like any other click beetle larva.
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    Two Glow Worms WM

    In regular light, the larvae blend in well to their mossy habitat.
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