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Here are Pyrophorus noctilucus, one of the largest Pyrophorini and supposedly this species is among the brightest of the bioluminescent insects! :) Adults are super beefy for Elaterids and put US native Pyrophorini to shame, larvae are huge too and as is normal for this group of click beetles are mostly predatory when immature.


Here are some pictures I've taken of them throughout the years, starting with adults:










Here are some larvae in various stages of development:






And now a pupa:




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