Photuris is a genus of fireflies (beetles of the family Lampyridae). These are the femme fatale lightning bugs of North America.

2024年7月16日 · North American fireflies in the genus Photuris. Barber, H.S. and F.A. McDermott. 1951. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 117(1): 1–58.

Firefly females of the genus Photuris, long known to be carnivorous, attract and devour males of the genus Photinus by mimicking the flash-responses of Photinus females. Although …

Photuris pensylvanica, known by the common names Pennsylvania firefly, lightning bug, [3] dot-dash firefly [4] and (in its larval state) glowworm, [5] is a species of firefly from the United …

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Photuris forresti was described by James E. Lloyd in 2018 based on specimens collected and observations made in 1986. In Lynn Faust’s 2017 firefly, the species is referred to by the …

Range: Photuris cinctipennis has been documented in Maryland and Delaware, on both sides of the Chesapeake Bay (Figure 6). Distribution: Photuris cinctipennis was first collected in Breton …

Photuris mysticalampas is a habitat specialist associated with swampy (palustrine) forested wetlands. Although most freshwater wetlands on the Delmarva Peninsula are categorized as …

Photuris versicolor, is a species complex of firefly common throughout the Eastern United States. Fireflies famously use flash-based visual signalling to find mates at a distance and each …

These are the femme fatale lightning bugs of North America. This common name refers to a behavior of the adult females of these predatory beetles; they engage in aggressive mimicry, …