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Photinus pyralis
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Ken Childs
Photinus? -
Photinus pyralis
Beech Bluff, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
May 10, 2019
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Contributed by
Ken Childs
on 11 May, 2019 - 11:11am
Last updated 11 May, 2019 - 2:41pm
Tentative ID is Photinus pyralis.
I showed all the photos to Lynn Faust and based on the date, location, and the lantern arrangement she thinks Photinus pyralis is the most likely suspect.
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Ken Childs
, 11 May, 2019 - 2:44pm
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