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Lucidota atra
Pink and white firefly pupa found in the soil
Woodland, yard
At first I thought this was one of our large millipede larvas but later found out it to be a firefly beetle pupa.
Spotted on May 28, 2005
Submitted on Nov 23, 2012
4 Comments
Thank you Mayra
Wow! Fascinating!!
Thank you Travis, I think this one is Black Firefly Lucidota atra
Hi Diane, fireflies belong to the family Lampyridae. The following link is a list of species found in Ohio during 1960 and 1962: https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/hand...