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Common Name: Firefly
Scientific Name: Photinus sp.
Order: Coleoptera
Description: These insects are more accurately called "lightning beetles" because they are neither flies (Diptera) nor true bugs (Hemiptera). Adults of the woods firefly, Photuris pennsylvanicus DeGeer, common in Texas, are long and narrow, about 1 inch long with a black head, a reddish section behind the head with dark middle marking (prothorax) and flexible dark brown wing covers (elytra) edged with yellow. Their most notable feature is the underside of the abdomen with the last number of segments colored greenish-yellow, forming a "tail light" capable of producing flashes of light. Larvae are flattened, spindle-shaped and have shield-like segments. Females of some species are wingless and appear similar to larvae. Wingless females and many larvae also have structures that produce light, and are called, "glow worms." —from Texas Cooperative Extension

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