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Lightening Bug - Pyractomena
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Lightening Bug - Pyractomena
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
March 11, 2009
Which Photinus?

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 12 March, 2009 - 10:58am
Last updated 12 March, 2009 - 5:36pm

Not Photinus.
At least I don't think it is. This is a very awkward angle from which to make an identification, but I'm reasonably certain this is a specimen of Pyractomena.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 March, 2009 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
That's the one. I remember what it looked like because I have a not so sharp dorsal photo, before it scurried under the edge of my sheet.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 12 March, 2009 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

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