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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lucidotini » Photinus » pyralis Group (Photinus pyralis Group) » Photinus pyralis
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Bentsen firefly - Photinus pyralis - male
Copyright © 2009 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.

Bentsen firefly - Photinus pyralis - Male
World Birding Center at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
September 6, 2008
My talk at Dragonfly Days this year was full of jokes about my habit of finding interesting bugs in men's rooms. Well, here I go again: took this photo in a bathroom at the WBC HQ. Its perch on the mirror made for a fun photo showing its upperside and underside in the same frame. Looks like a classic Photinus pyralis to me, but being down here on the Mexican border, have no idea what other species might be lurking down here that are similar, if any...

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Bentsen firefly - Photinus pyralis - male Bentsen firefly, side view - Photinus pyralis - male
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 30 May, 2009 - 10:02am
Last updated 20 August, 2016 - 11:55am

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