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    Pyractomena is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. There are at least 20 described species in Pyractomena. Pyractomena angulata (Say, 1825)...
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    Pyractomena angulata is a species of firefly in the family of beetles known as Lampyridae. It is found in North America and is the state insect of Indiana...
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    Pyractomena borealis commonly known as the Spring tree-top flasher is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America...
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    mainly unrelated Lampyrinae, such as Photinus (rover fireflies) or Pyractomena. At least 64 species are currently recognized, all restricted to temperate...
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  • Pyractomena dispersa is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America. It has a patchy distribution, with a range...
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    Pyractomena lucifera is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America. Its range is divided into two subpopulations;...
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    (Cardinalis cardinalis) Flower Peony (Paeonia) Insect Say's firefly (Pyractomena angulata) Tree Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) Inanimate insignia...
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  • Pyractomena linearis is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America. It is found from the Midwest to the Atlantic...
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  • Pyractomena marginalis is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America. It has a scattered distribution across the...
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    species, especially lightning bugs of the genera Photinus, Photuris, and Pyractomena, are distinguished by the unique courtship flash patterns emitted by...
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  • Pyractomena punctiventris is a species in the family Lampyridae (fireflies), in the order Coleoptera (beetles). It is found in North America, where it...
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  • Pyractomena ecostata, the keel-necked firefly, is an endangered species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is endemic to the United States...
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    includes such unrelated Lampyrinae like rover fireflies (Photinus) or Pyractomena. Bicellonycha Motschulsky, 1853 Photuris Dejean, 1833 – femme fatale...
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  • Lightning Bug may refer to: A firefly Photinus (beetle) Photuris (genus) Pyractomena Reflex Lightning Bug, an American kit aircraft design of the 1990s Ryan...
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  • Pyractomena vexillaria is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in Central America and North America. "Pyractomena vexillaria...
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    Observations on two early-season arboreal fireflies Ellychnia corrusca and Pyractomena borealis". Emory River Land Company. Deyrup, Stephen T.; Risteen, Riley...
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  • no longer resembling the original stimulus. Photinus, Photuris, and Pyractomena Firefly males use patterned light flashes that mimic the females' prey...
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  • Illinois Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus 1975 Indiana Say's firefly Pyractomena angulata 2018 Kansas European honey bee Apis mellifera 1976 Kentucky...
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    most common Ice Age fossil found in Indiana. 2022 Insect Say's firefly (Pyractomena angulata) The males of this flying beetle species produce amber flashes...
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  • "lightning bugs" (flashing fireflies) from North America, such as the genus Pyractomena. Further south in the American tropics, Aspisoma can be found. The group...
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  • In flight, Phantazoderus frenatus is easily confused with species of Pyractomena, with which it shares coloration. Its rarity may be due to the density...
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