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Family Lampyridae - Fireflies

Fireflies are generally compressed, soft-bodied beetles with a shield-like pronotum that conceals the head. Adults of luminescent genera cast their familiar glow on warm summer evenings, while those of many "lightless" species are day-active, on the wing or on vegetation.

For identification of fireflies from eastern Canada and the adjacent United States please see:
Luk, S.P.L., Marshall, S.A., and Branham, M.A. 2011. The fireflies of Ontario (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 16. doi: 10:3752/cjai.2011.16. Available from http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/ejournal/lmb_16/lmb_16.html
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) larva
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) larva		 Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) larva
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) larva		 Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) pupa
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) pupa		 Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) pupa
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) pupa		 Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) pupa
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) pupa		 Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)		 Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)		 Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) larva
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) larva		 Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) pupa
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) pupa		 Winter Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca)
Winter Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca)		 Winter Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca)
Winter Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca)
Winter Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca)
Winter Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca)		 Pyropyga decipiens
Pyropyga decipiens		 Pyropyga nigricans
Pyropyga nigricans		 Diurnal Firefly (Pyropyga nigricans)
Diurnal Firefly (Pyropyga nigricans)		 Fairchild's Firefly (Photuris fairchildi)
Fairchild's Firefly (Photuris fairchildi)		 Fairchild's Firefly (Photuris fairchildi)
Fairchild's Firefly (Photuris fairchildi)
Fairchild's Firefly (Photuris fairchildi)
Fairchild's Firefly (Photuris fairchildi)		 Fairchild's Firefly (Photuris fairchildi)
Fairchild's Firefly (Photuris fairchildi)		 Fairchild's Firefly (Photuris fairchildi)
Fairchild's Firefly (Photuris fairchildi)		 Photinus consanguineus
Photinus consanguineus		 Photinus consanguineus
Photinus consanguineus		 Photinus curtatus
Photinus curtatus
Photinus ignitus
Photinus ignitus		 Photinus indictus
Photinus indictus		 Photinus marginellus
Photinus marginellus		 Photinus marginellus
Photinus marginellus		 Photinus marginellus
Photinus marginellus		 Photinus obscurellus
Photinus obscurellus
Photinus obscurellus
Photinus obscurellus		 Photinus obscurellus
Photinus obscurellus		 Photinus obscurellus
Photinus obscurellus		 Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)		 Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)		 Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)		 Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)		 Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis)		 Pyractomena angulata
Pyractomena angulata		 Pyractomena borealis
Pyractomena borealis		 Pyractomena borealis larva
Pyractomena borealis larva
Pyractomena borealis larva
Pyractomena borealis larva		 Pyractomena borealis larva
Pyractomena borealis larva		 Pyractomena borealis larva
Pyractomena borealis larva		 Pyractomena borealis pupa
Pyractomena borealis pupa		 Pyractomena linearis
Pyractomena linearis		 Pyractomena linearis
Pyractomena linearis
Pyractomena lucifera
Pyractomena lucifera		 Pyractomena lucifera
Pyractomena lucifera		 Pyractomena lucifera
Pyractomena lucifera		 Pyractomena lucifera
Pyractomena lucifera

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