Firefly, Lightning Bug
Photinus pyralis
This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Centre, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Deer, Arkansas
Jacksonville, Arkansas
Malvern, Arkansas
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Stamford, Connecticut
Ocala, Florida
Canton, Georgia
Griffin, Georgia
Molena, Georgia
Screven, Georgia
Crete, Illinois
Lyndon, Illinois
Troy, Illinois
Indianapolis, Indiana
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Narka, Kansas
Thibodaux, Louisiana
Youngsville, Louisiana
Skowhegan, Maine
Annapolis, Maryland
Crofton, Maryland
Cumberland, Maryland
Detroit, Michigan
Warren, Michigan
Lancaster, New Hampshire
Blooming Grove, New York
Weaverville, North Carolina
Akron, Ohio
Athens, Ohio
Bowling Green, Ohio
Bucyrus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Guysville, Ohio
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Elizabethton, Tennessee
Kingsport, Tennessee
Norris, Tennessee
San Marcos, Texas
Temple, Texas
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anghave
It just isn't summer until I see the field by my driveway scattered with their fluorescent green lights blinking on and off at twilight.
MEMOMDUFF
ktellef
papa1
Glorianne
patootie
has caused the decline. I can't imagine what else it might be.
DavidofDeLand
Ithiel
palmbob
There are several kinds of fireflies, though can't say I could begin to tell them apart... but their flashing off and on are signals to the opposite sex. Males flash in one sequence, while females flash in another. And some species of fireflies eat others and 'pretend' to be an attracting mate by flashing like one- pretty sneaky strategy!
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blossombloom
I do not not know too much about them but they are pretty to watch at dusk.