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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lucidotini » Diurnal Fireflies (Ellychnia) » Winter Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca)
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black and orange Firefly - Ellychnia corrusca
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

black and orange Firefly - Ellychnia corrusca
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 30, 2004
Ellychnia?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 15 March, 2005 - 12:58pm
Last updated 14 December, 2010 - 4:16pm

Moved
Moved from Diurnal Fireflies. In the E. corrusca complex.
… Stephen Luk, 14 December, 2010 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Non-luminescent.
Pretty sure this is a species of Ellychnia. Adults are non-luminescent and usually day-active.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 March, 2005 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

 
luminescence question
In adult fireflies that are non-luminescent, what happens to their light-producing organ? Does it disappear as an adult (through atrophy and/or being resorbed by the body) or does it retain its normal size/shape/color and simply become non-functional? A PDF doc here says all Lampyridae larvae are luminescent; maybe the various species & genera that are non-luminescent as adults lose their luminescence in various ways?
… Robin McLeod, 16 March, 2005 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

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