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    • Elateroidea
  • English
    • Firefly Beetles
    • Click Beetles
    • Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles

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Recent observations

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What

Firefly Beetles

Observer

tangledbranches

Date

May 23, 2013

Place

Louisa County, VA (Google, OSM)

Description

Around 9 PM. First sighting of fireflies this year.

Tags

insects

Photos

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What

Soldier Beetles Family Cantharidae

Observer

robberfly

Date

May 23, 2013 04:04 PM PDT

Place

Mori Point, Pacifica, California, US (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Genus Dictyoptera

Observer

kaitlin

Date

May 23, 2013

Place

Glenshire subdivision region (Google, OSM)

Description

Resting on young sagebrush within a Jeffrey pine forest at 6200ft.

Photos

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What

Fireflies (Family Lampyridae)

Observer

jawinget

Date

May 13, 2013

Place

6207 Brian Lane Waterloo, IL (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Family Lampyridae

Observer

ndodge

Date

May 6, 2013

Place

Lowell, VT (Google, OSM)

Description

Crawling on a boulder at ~1700 feet elevation. Approx 3cm in length.

Tags

Larvae, VT, Vermont

Photos

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What

Photuris versicolor

Observer

geminimind

Date

May 20, 2013

Place

Meaher State Park, Spanish Fort, Alabama (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Ancistronycha bilineata

Observer

rcurtis

Date

May 14, 2013

Place

Tallmadge, OH (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Photuris versicolor

Observer

geminimind

Date

May 18, 2013

Place

217 Ridgewood Drive, Daphne, Alabama 36526 (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Photuris versicolor

Observer

geminimind

Date

May 11, 2013

Place

217 Ridgewood Drive, Daphne, AL 36526 (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Ellychnia corrusca

Observer

lisalarson

Date

May 12, 2013 11:05 AM EDT

Place

42.3161..., -71.008... (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Ellychnia corrusca

Observer

lisalarson

Date

May 12, 2013 02:26 PM EDT

Place

42.3184..., -71.008... (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Soldier Beetles (Family Cantharidae)

Observer

robberfly

Date

May 16, 2013 11:58 AM PDT

Place

626 Church St, San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

Description

I find more stuff in California Poppy blossom early in the morning ...

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Description from Wikipedia

Elateroidea is a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles, and their relatives.