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Pyropyga decipiens
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Copyright © 2009
Joe Zito
Small firefly? -
Pyropyga decipiens
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
July 11, 2009
Size: 6mm
Many of these active in prarie/woodland edge, active during day, smaller than the ones I usually see.
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Contributed by
Joe Zito
on 11 July, 2009 - 6:34pm
Last updated 14 December, 2010 - 8:42am
Moved
Moved from
Lucidota
.
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v belov
, 14 December, 2010 - 8:43am
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Not Lucidota.
This is
Pyropyga decipiens
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Stephen Luk
, 14 December, 2010 - 8:00am
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Yes.
Not sure of the genus, though. One of the non-luminescent (as adults) ones.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 12 July, 2009 - 9:28pm
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Possibly...Lucidota punctata?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/279894
Size seems right, but I arrived here by browsing, so expert opinion still needed.
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John Pearson
, 12 July, 2009 - 10:30pm
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