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In certain firefly species with aquatic larvae, such as Aquatica leii, the female oviposits on emergent portions of aquatic plants, and the larvae descend into the water after hatching. [8] The larvae feed until the end of the summer. Most fireflies hibernate as larvae. Some do this by burrowing underground, while others find places on or under ...
Photinus signaticollis is a species of firefly native to Argentina and Uruguay. [1] In 2018 the species was observed in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, and initially described as a new species, Photinus immigrans. [2] [3] However, in 2022 it was found that the population in the Iberian Peninsula corresponded to the species Photinus ...
Photinus pyralis, also known by the common names the common eastern firefly [3] or big dipper firefly, [4] and sometimes called a "lightning bug", [5] is a species of flying beetle. An organ on its abdomen is responsible for its light production. [ 6 ]
Pyractomena ecostata, the keel-necked firefly, is an endangered species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. [2] [3] [4]It is endemic to the United States, where it has a disjunct distribution of two widely geographically separate regions; one in coastal regions around the Mobile Bay region of Alabama and east through most of peninsular Florida, and the other in saltmarshes surrounding ...
Pyractomena angulata is a species of firefly in the family of beetles known as Lampyridae. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is found in North America and is the state insect of ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Lampyris iberica, the Iberian firefly, is a species of firefly.
Pyractomena borealis commonly known as the Spring tree-top flasher is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America, where it has a very wide distribution, as it is known from Alberta east to the Maritime Provinces of Canada, and south to all US states east of the Mississippi River. [2] [3] [4]