Can anyone identify this bug that has its own headlights?

[Taco]

Been in Koh Phangan a long time but never saw this one!!  Got a new house in the jungle.  Power went out and was walking below the house and saw two small yellow green lights moving around.  I pulled out the phone and lit up this critter.  The head is on the smaller end and it has two headlights.  Quite a nice evolutionary perk to get around at night.

 

Anyone know what it is?  Asked a few locals they had no idea

[chickenslegs]

I don't know what it is but, as it is displaying lights at night, it has obviously evolved to a higher level than the average motorcyclist.

[chickenslegs]

Found this on You Tube - looks like it is a Lamprigera ...

 

 

[Krataiboy]

It's a glow-worm.

[Inepto Cracy]

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

It's a glow-worm.

It's a little glow worm

Glow worms are never glum

How can you be glum

When the sun shines out yer b-m.

[Catoni]

   It uses bioluminescence, same as many bugs, such as fireflies.... and some deep water fish species..around the world..  

 

There are various types of fireflies in every continent, except Antarctica.   Used to catch  bunch of fireflies as a cub scout out camping and put them in a jar with some holes punched in the lid so they could breathe.  Get enough of them they really can give useful light. 

 

    Many different bugs called "glow worms"   including the larvae of fireflies.... This one here is a giant sub-species of firefly glow worm. If left alone... it will eventually molt into a firefly and help light up the sky at night :)

Edited October 7, 2017 by Catoni
correction

[DrPhibes]

Yup, Lamprigera. Caught a big one out in the bush in Mae Rim outside of Chiang Mai about a year ago.

[MaksimMislavsky]

Only tail lights, as it appears

[dotpoom]

Would it be a Volkswagon Beetle?

[bri1guy]

The Giant Fireflies (lamprigera tenebrosus) are the largest species in Thailand, can grow up to 10 centimetres long – that is, if they’re female. “The females are 10 times bigger than the males,”  Female Giant Fireflies are wingless, lay about 60-70 eggs at a time and carry them for two months until they hatch. Then they die. One mom, one batch of eggs; another generation extinguished, another brought forth.

[Suradit69]

15 hours ago, Catoni said:

same as many bugs

 

 

Quote

 

"Q: Is there a difference between an insect and a bug?
A: Yes, there is a difference.

• A bug is a certain type of insect. Some examples you might be familiar with are the boxelder bug, milkweed bug, assassin bug, and stink bug.
• True bugs have a stylet (a mouth shaped like a straw) that they use to suck plant juices from plants. The assassin bugs use their stylets to suck blood from other insects.
• The front wings of true bugs are thickened and colored near where they are attached to the insect's body, and are clearer and thinner towards the hind end of the wing. The hind wings are usually clear and tucked underneath the front wings."

 

Quote

 

• http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/bug-id/alphabetic-list-of-bugs

Edited October 7, 2017 by Suradit69

[Catoni]

On 2017-10-07 at 7:35 PM, Suradit69 said:

 

 

• http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/bug-id/alphabetic-list-of-bugs

    Well.... playing with semantics and getting technical can be fun...   :)