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Many Pennsylvanians know these insects by the name "lightning bugs" and may have confused "firefly" with "black fly" when that state was plagued by them in 1988 [citation needed]. This might be why that year the legislature again confirmed the Pennsylvania firefly's official status and specified it by scientific name .
Dead adult male showing the markings on the median segment and first abdominal segment. Males are dark brown; the sides of the thorax and the front half of the wings are margined with yellow.
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According to the site itself, BugGuide.net has been responsible for the identification of 11 new, previously undescribed species as of mid-2014. In addition, 12 species new to the Western Hemisphere were first identified via the site; another seven were new to North America; and numerous new country records (primarily the United States) and ...
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The main foods obtained are high-protein foods such as small insects, caterpillars, and spiders. In addition, V. pensylvanica occasionally scavenges on dead animals, including dead honeybees. [ 11 ] [ 13 ] In Hawaii, the diet spans a total of 14 taxonomic orders, including both invertebrates and vertebrates.