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Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)
Photo#17592
Copyright © 2005
Jim McClarin
Lampyrid imago from pupa, Lucidota atra? -
Lucidota atra
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
May 17, 2005
This is one of the adults that emerged from the adjacent pupae.
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Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 18 May, 2005 - 6:30am
Last updated 14 June, 2005 - 6:19pm
Lucidota?
Pretty certain this lovely specimen belongs in the genus Lucidota.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 18 May, 2005 - 12:51pm
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altra?
Lucidota altra looks most like it in Dillons.
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Jim McClarin
, 18 May, 2005 - 7:43pm
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Thanks, but larvae might not be.
I now question my choice to show what the larvae looked like by using photos of two other larvae. There certainly could have been important differences between those and the larvae that actually pupated (photos above). I need to make a study of lampyrid larvae to see if I can detect species differences. One reason for my suspicion that the larvae could be from a different species is that the adults that emerged from pupation are *not* the most prevalent species of lightning beetle in this region.
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Jim McClarin
, 18 May, 2005 - 7:37pm
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