Desert firefly

Microphotus octarthrus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae

Microphotus octarthrus, the desert firefly, is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America.

Distribution

Desert firefly — (c) Wendy McCrady, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 6

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Wendy McCrady, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMicrophotus octarthrus, Wikipedia contributors

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