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Firefly Mimic - Podabrus flavicollis
Copyright © 2008 Roy Sigafus

Firefly Mimic - Podabrus flavicollis
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
May 17, 2008
Appears to be one of the Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae). A close mimic to a lightning bug in several aspects so perhaps Podabrus. The date of the picture was several weeks before the first lightning bug is usually seen in this area and this year they were several weeks late.
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Contributed by Roy Sigafus on 5 July, 2008 - 3:39pm
Last updated 26 May, 2009 - 12:16am

Podabrus flavicollis LeConte
Moved from Podabrus.
… v belov, 26 May, 2009 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 25 August, 2008 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

I agree...
it's a shame podabrus posts keep piling up unsorted in the Guide -- quite a diversity accumulated already
… v belov, 5 July, 2008 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

 
sorting,
we could sort by species groups, but I haven't seen a reference that breaks Podabrus up that way. And I don't know enough about the species variation to just make up our own "groups" from external patterns. If you have any other ideas, please let us know. From what little I know of the genus, we'll probably never get most of these IDed any further.
… Tim R. Moyer, 5 July, 2008 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

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