The black-winged firefly, Luciola cerata Olivier, is endemic to Taiwan and is the most common firefly on the island. Males flash spontaneously and females respond with bioluminescent flashes at fixed ...

There are over 2,000 individual firefly species, all within the taxonomic family of Lampyridae. But the answer to the lightning bug's light all happens in the same organ in its abdomen: the lantern.

It's a right of passage in Iowa: Stepping out into your backyard to see fireflies lighting up the night sky. There are more than 170 species of glowing insects known as Lampyridae in North America.

A synchronous firefly event in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photinus carolinus fireflies annually flash in sync during late May or early June. The insects are still in trouble, but ...

Male adults of the firefly Pyrocoelia pectoralis discharge fluids from along elytral and pronotal margins and around the antennal sockets, but females when tactually stimulated only discharge fluids ...

The leading hypothesis for the origin of firefly lights has been overturned by a genomic analysis. It had been posited that the bright lights emitted by many species in the Lampyridae family of ...

Nature's own little fireworks display comes to New Hampshire at this time of year from the firefly.They are now attracting mates with their lights across the Granite State.Observers in the Plymouth ...

If you’ve noticed more fireflies lighting up your backyard, you’re not alone. Whether you call it a lightning bug or a firefly, or perhaps by its scientific name, Lampyridae, chances are you’ve had ...