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Identification

Lampyridae (fireflies, glow worms, lightning bugs, lightningbugs)

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Date Taken

5th of July, 2008

Location

Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA

Caption

One-second exposure of fireflies flashing in a field in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

Contributors

James L. Stuby (photographer)

Wikimedia Commons (donor)


To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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