Species Photuris hebes

Photuris hebes Barber, 1951

~11 mm (1)

small size (about 11 mm. long) and have relatively long antennae, and pale (sometimes slightly infuscate) labrum, but exhibit considerable variation in the extent of the elytral vitta, which usually passes the middle, although it is sometimes evanescent, or may be broader and attain the apical fourth of elytra. (1)

se US (MD-VA) (1), e. TX (BG data)

females found in numbers in bushes and grass (1)

May-Aug (1),(BG data)

flying males emitted short, sharp, yellow flashes at about 1 second intervals, in strong contrast with the much brighter, greenish flashes of another species occupying adjacent trees.

At one location the impression of the yellowish character of the light was very strong, while in the type locality the impression of contrast was less marked. (1)

Type Locality: Black pond (Potomac River, 2 miles below Great Falls); Washington, DC (1)

Barber, H.S. and F.A. McDermott. 1951. North American fireflies in the genus Photuris. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 117(1): 1–58. (Full Text)

Type Info - Smithsonian