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Fireflies at Night

A high sensitivity camera was used to collect all the flashes from a field with fireflies. This species is identified as Photinus obscurellus. Shown here is a collection of flashes covering 5 minutes. This field is located near Honeoye Falls, New York and was taken just after 10pm on July 8th at a temperature of 88F. The temperature affects the flashing pattern of the fireflies.

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Copyright: Ted Kinsman / Science Source Inc.
Image Size: 3608x2700 / 3.7MB; Firefly fireflies insect animal arthropod common eastern firefly firefly fire-fly glowbug glow-bug glowing insect invertebrate invertebrates lightning bug lightning bugs winged beetle zoology Photinus
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A high sensitivity camera was used to collect all the flashes from a field with fireflies. This species is identified as Photinus obscurellus. Shown here is a collection of flashes covering 5 minutes. This field is located near Honeoye Falls, New York and was taken just after 10pm on July 8th at a temperature of 88F. The temperature affects the flashing pattern of the fireflies.