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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lucidotini » Lucidota » Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)
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Firefly - Lucidota atra
Copyright © 2010 T. Gilliam

Firefly - Lucidota atra
Merchants Millpond State Park, Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina, USA
May 22, 2010
Size: 12mm
Found resting on leaf along path through mixed pine/hardwood forest.
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Contributed by T. Gilliam on 25 May, 2010 - 5:58pm
Last updated 1 June, 2010 - 8:46am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… T. Gilliam, 1 June, 2010 - 8:13am login or register to post comments

looks like Black Firefly, Lucidota atra
in my amateur opinion.

… Andrew Williams, 25 May, 2010 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Amateur opinions ...
welcomed here! Thanks! This is yet another group of arthropods I am VERY unfamiliar with. I generally try to not disturb my subjects, though I suppose I should have rolled this little one over to get a ventral shot ... oh well, maybe next time. Very interesting little creature!
… T. Gilliam, 25 May, 2010 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

Don't think it's a Lycid.
Looks more like a Lampyrid to me.

But let's see what the experts have to say.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 May, 2010 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Works for me ...
just a stab in the dark - we'll see what =v= has to say ...
… T. Gilliam, 25 May, 2010 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

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