Cape Breton Firefly

Photuris fairchildi

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae

Photuris fairchildi is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America. This species is known to use aggressive mimicry in order to lure in and prey upon the males of other species of fireflies.

Distribution

Cape Breton Firefly — (c) Will Kuhn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 50United States of America · 28

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Will Kuhn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPhoturis fairchildi, Wikipedia contributors

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