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Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)
Photo#108967
Copyright © 2007
Stephen Luk
Black Firefly Pupa -
Lucidota atra
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Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
May 9, 2007
Size: 10 mm
Fully dried adult. Sort of ironic that the larva can glow quite brightly, while the adult completely loses the ability to glow.
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Contributed by
Stephen Luk
on 10 May, 2007 - 10:40pm
Last updated 17 May, 2007 - 9:40pm
Hi Stephen
I just came across this great series - nice work! You've got some great details here and the glowing pupa is really interesting. I'd like to suggest you edit the dates on your images to accurately reflect when they were taken, though. They currently all say April 18. Looks like we're actually seeing a single individual over a couple of weeks, right?
Keep up the good work!
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 17 May, 2007 - 9:16pm
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Thanks Hannah
for bringing the date to my attention. I usually confuse myself over whether or not to change it for a captive specimen, but that was mainly a problem during winter time, when I would have insects emerging during a time when they won't normally be appearing in the wild. That isn't really a problem for summer, though. I'll fix the dates on this one.
And thanks for the kind words; I really appreciate them.
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Stephen Luk
, 17 May, 2007 - 9:40pm
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One question...
I just went over this set of images and changed all inaccurate dates, but I was wondering whether or not there is a more efficient way to relabel them without having to edit each individual image? Might "Tag Image" help in doing that?
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Stephen Luk
, 17 May, 2007 - 9:46pm
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Not that I know of -
I don't think you can edit multiple pages at one time once the images have been posted. The quickest time to do it would be as you're adding each image, as then you have the submission form open already.
I should have mentioned before (as I'm sure you're not going to want to edit these again), but I've seen some series where the contributor adds the date as part of each title - that way it shows up in the title box that appears when you run your cursor over the thumbnails, and you don't have to click on them to see the time lapse. I tried this for a series of caterpillar images
here
. Something to think about for your next series, perhaps.
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 18 May, 2007 - 9:47am
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Sounds good
Hannah, thanks a lot for the suggestions - I will definitely keep them in mind as I have several insects that have yet to emerge, including crane flies, some more fireflies and a Cecr*opia Moth.
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Stephen Luk
, 18 May, 2007 - 3:58pm
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