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The fireflies (including the lightning bugs) are a family, Lampyridae, of some 2,000 species within the Coleoptera. The family forms a single clade , a natural phylogenetic group. [ 1 ]
What do you call them: firefly or lightning bugs? It turns out they are the same insect! We explain the regional difference in how they are named in America.
Photuris is a genus of fireflies (beetles of the family Lampyridae). These are the femme fatale lightning bugs of North America.This common name refers to a behavior of the adult females of these predatory beetles; they engage in aggressive mimicry, imitating the light signals of other firefly species' females to attract mates – but Photuris use it to attract, kill and eat the unsuspecting ...
Whether you called them fireflies, lightning bugs, glow flies or moon bugs, these beautiful bioluminescent creatures helped make our childhoods brighter and more magical.
While these bugs aren’t bioluminescent, they are often mistaken for fireflies, the most famous light-emitting insects! Soldier beetles are known for their heads mimicking a firefly’s colors.
Photuris pensylvanica, known by the common names Pennsylvania firefly, lightning bug, [3] dot-dash firefly [4] and (in its larval state) glowworm, [5] is a species of firefly from the United States and Canada.
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]
Do you call them fireflies or lightning bugs? Either way, here’s where you can spot them nearby this summer (and have more of them in your yard).