George Hudson proved that the glowing ‘worm’ was the larva of a fly and not a beetle. He published these drawings of the adult (top), pupa (bottom left) and larva in his 1892 book An elementary manual of New Zealand entomology: being an introduction to the study of our native insects.
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G. V. Hudson, An elementary manual of New Zealand entomology. London: West Newman, 1892
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