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Photinus underside - Photinus - female
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Photinus underside - Photinus - Female
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
July 31, 2009
Photinus underside, small lantern = female
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 2 August, 2009 - 1:08pm

Female.
She has a lantern, just not as much wattage:-) Females keep a lower profile than males for obvious reasons.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 August, 2009 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks + ? no lantern diurnal Photinus
I found this one out in daylight, not hiding under a leaf. Would that be considered diurnal? I'd added this to another post where diurnal Photinus less lights had been mentioned, and I thought maybe this was one. Would those have an all black belly?
… Andrew Williams, 2 August, 2009 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

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