Information Page for Photinus pyralis (Big dipper firefly)


Photographer: Wilder, Charles

The males of this species emit long, distinctive J-shaped flash at dusk along the edge of fields.

TAXA LINKS
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Lampyridae
Elevation Distribution:
Phenology


Park Sensitive Species? No


Taxon Authority:
L.

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