benpfeiffer's Identifications
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
currenfraschDescription
On Quercus sinuata.
Photos 1 & 2: backlit gall formed on developing leaf bud.
Photos 3 & 4: galls developing on leaf margin and mid-stem.
Photos 5, 6, & 7: Disected developing "fresh" gall and larva made out of little cell-like pieces.
Photos 8 & 9: dry gall/dissected chamber. I think I may have accidentally smashed its inhabitant, I could not find it :( It also may have pupated and flown away. ¯\ (ツ)/¯
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Sky Island Firefly (Photuris flavicollis)Observer
rjnjrDescription
MV/BLF Rig - Attracted to Mercury Vapor/Blacklight Fluorescent LEG: rn3|rjnjr - Nocturnal - Livermore Ranch - on loan to Sam Houston State Natural History Collections - Expedition 2016 - Davis Mountains - Photography by Robert J. Nuelle, Jr.
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Photinus bivulnerusObserver
entomikePlace
Garden Canyon betw. Sawmill and Shelite Cyns, Ft Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA (Google, OSM)Description
Det. J. Cicero, 2022
coll'ed beating/sweeping, in route to BugGuide Gathering_2013
spmn in the TAMUIC
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Two-step Flasher Firefly (Photinus dimissus)Observer
sambiologyDescription
Had such a tremendous time with fellow naturalists at Timberlake Field Station. https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/pfau_tarleton/52212-june-bioblitz-timberlake-field-station
Still working on LOTS of these ID's...
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Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis)Observer
cosmiccatDescription
Hinsley Park
Longview, TX
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Typical Fireflies (Subfamily Lampyrinae)Observer
philipwoodsccDescription
on the wall under the lights
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Starry Firefly (Photinus stellaris)Observer
entomikeDescription
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2019
coll'ed by Ben F. Pfeiffer
spmn in the BFPC, New Braunfels, TX
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Starry Firefly (Photinus stellaris)Observer
silversea_starsongDescription
Light was dull and yellow.
Stats
- 60
