some type of adult girl

onenicebugperday:

Was looking through some old photos today and found this lil guy! I always try to make sure and thoroughly google the descriptions of my bug finds before submitting just in case, but for whatever reason I couldn’t find anything matching this one. Do you have any idea what type of caterpillar (?) it might be? Found in AL, US!

I skipped so many submissions to post this because LOOK. A GLOWWORM. Yes, they glow, how exciting. :) Here’s a photo of a similar species glowing:

Photo by Ilona Loser

They’re the larvae of a type of beetle with big bushy antennae that I can’t find a creative commons photo of to share but the species is Phengodes laticollis if you want to google the adult. These dudes eat millipedes, sometimes much larger than themselves, which is wild. Here’s a photo:

Photo by aztekium_tutor

Talk about having eyes bigger than your stomach. What a legend. Thanks so much for sharing! What a treat.