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Western Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes hesperus)Observer
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Looks like all the winged (alate) forms are emerging
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South American Toothed Hacklemesh Weaver (Metaltella simoni)Observer
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Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp (Chlorion aerarium)Observer
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Iridescent blue, fairly active flying and running around
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Great Basin Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis ssp. longipes)Observer
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Bioluminescent Lingulodinium polyedra bloom off SIO pier. Filmed with A7S camera.
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Genus PyropygaObserver
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Just saw it flying by. Unfortunately couldn't capture for a photo.
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Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis)Observer
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Pretty healthy population of P. pyralis at the northeast corner of the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in D.C. Seen during "Jazz in the Park"!
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Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis)Observer
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Multiple males flying/flashing at this field site. I feel this is a bit early in their season, but it has been very warm the past few days. Did not obviously see any females signaling
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Genus PyractomenaObserver
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Pyractomena adult male (possibly Pyractomena angulata) found stationary on a plant within the marsh of the Rock Meadow in Belmont, MA. Would flash in response to light from headlights sweeping over marsh from nearby road. Anecdotally pretty cold and windy for fireflies to be flying, so not too surprised he was hunkered down.
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Winter Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca)Observer
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On the wall of building E19 at MIT
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Ignelater inaguensisObserver
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Holotype specimen collection location as described in Rosa, S.P. (2010). New species of Ignelater Costa (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pyrophorini). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 50, 445–449.
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Dixon's Striped Firefly (Aspisoma ignitum)Observer
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Cabo de las flechas. Caught while flashing / flying
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Vargula tsujiiObserver
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"California Sea Firefly". Bioluminescent marine ostracod. The yellow tinted region to the bottom left of the black lateral eye is the "upper lip" gland which holds the luciferin substrate.
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Genus RhagophthalmusObserver
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As reported in supplementary information of: Wang, K., Hong, W., Jiao, H., and Zhao, H. (2017). Transcriptome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of four species of luminescent beetles. Scientific Reports 7, 1814.
Rhagophthalmus sp., Danzhou City, Hainan
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Rhagophthalmus ohbaiObserver
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As reported in: Li, X., Ogoh, K., Ohba, N., Liang, X., and Ohmiya, Y. (2007). Mitochondrial genomes of two luminous beetles, Rhagophthalmus lufengensis and R. ohbai (Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera). Gene 392, 196–205.
R. ohbai was collected from Sonai on Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (N 24.06°, E 123.12°; altitude ca. 6 m). The voucher specimens of R. lufengensis were deposited in Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in China and Yokosuka City Museum (YCM) in Japan. The voucher specimens of R. ohbai were deposited in Yokosuka City Museum in Japan.
