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Reported

Winter Firefly

Photinus corruscus

Reported in community sightings. Here's what we could gather about it from open sources.

Overview

Ellychnia corrusca, the winter firefly, is a species of firefly in the genus Ellychnia. It is a lantern-less diurnal beetle common in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The adults spend winter on a colony tree, favoring Quercus (oak), Carya (hickory), and Liriodendron tulipifera.

This summary comes from Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA: Ellychnia corrusca

Sightings logged here

17 sightings of this species have been logged on Alitaptap.

Where people saw it

  • Temagami, CA
  • Parkland County, CA
  • Cobleskill, United States
  • Digby, CA
  • Timiskaming, Canada
  • Terra Alta, United States
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Photographs

Sources & further reading

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