Lampyris noctiluca, the common glow-worm of Europe, is the type species of beetle in the genus Lampyris and the family Lampyridae.
Image: Lampyridae Lampyris noctiluca
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Female Lampyris noctiluca
Lampyris noctiluca – larva feeding
Glowworm or glow-worm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common glow-worm and other members of the Lampyridae, but bioluminescence also occurs in the families Elateridae, Phengodidae and Rhagophthalmidae among beetles; as well as members of the genera Arachnocampa, Keroplatus and Orfelia among keroplatid fungus gnats.
Phengodidae: Larva or larviform female of the western banded glowworm (Zarhipis integripennis)
Lampyridae: Female common glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca) from Assos, Turkey
Lampyridae: Male common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis) from Evansville, United States
Elateridae: Male headlight click beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus) from Jamaica