May 3
Spring treetop flasher doing what it does best
seen from China
seen from Norway
seen from United States
seen from Netherlands
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Denmark
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from Brazil
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Norway
seen from China
seen from Angola
seen from Türkiye
seen from Brazil
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from United States
Spring treetop flasher doing what it does best
Bug of the Day
This neatly-colored firefly appears to be Pyractomena sp., not a genus I see too often. I did not get to see it light up but it was still pretty cool.
This prehistoric looking thing is a baby firefly (aka lightning bug)
Firefly beetle larva (Pyractomena sp.) on bald cypress
March 9, 2021
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Bug of the Day
A firefly (Pyractomena sp.) at the UV light last week. I love the salmon-colored markings on the pronotum.
Thanks to v. below at bugguide.net for the id!
This warm weather this morning also brought out this Pyractomena firefly larva (by me)
Family Lampyridae -- Fireflies Development stages.
The larva and the white firefly ( just changed from larva starting to darken) are Pyractomena---- the last image is a Photinus species.