My first firefly! Well, sort of…
We’ve finally had some good weather over here, so I took the opportunity to photograph the ponds next to my building. While rummaging in some leaves, I found a very interesting beetle. It didn’t seem like it wanted to do much of anything so it was more than happy to let me take some pictures of it – including letting me place it in some more photographic areas and in general annoy it.
After spending time researching this in my insect books, I found that this is a Ellychnia corrusca, or Winter Firefly. Wow! A firefly! I was instantly excited. Unfortunately this particular firefly cannot emit light in the adult stage – just when it is a larva.