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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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Photinus sp. - Photinus pyralis
Copyright © 2015 Chuck Sexton

Photinus sp. - Photinus pyralis
n.w. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 8, 2015
Size: TL 11mm
This beetle appears to be identical to those I keyed out as P. pyralis back in August, but given the lateness of the date, I'm not sure if this is the same or a different species. There was just this single individual attracted to a porchlight.

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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 12 October, 2015 - 3:30pm
Last updated 23 August, 2020 - 2:22pm

Moved
Moved from pyralis Group.
… v belov, 23 August, 2020 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

Photinus pyralis
This is P. pyralis, they occur into the fall as late as the end of October in Texas. Photinus fireflies are primarily the dominant genus you will see in the later summer & early fall. This firefly is most likely the offspring of fireflies seen in the spring.
… Ben Pfeiffer, 23 November, 2016 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Photinus.
… Mike Quinn, 20 August, 2016 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

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