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Arizona Firefly
This interesting looking specimen
is a female firefly. The males are winged, and can be seen flying around
down at Pena Blanca Lake in Southern Arizona. They are only about 1 cm
long, and light up in the air, for a duration of about one second. This
makes it very hard to catch the males because in between the times they blink,
they fly a few yards from their previous position. The females are eyeless
and much easier to catch, moving pretty slowly along the ground. They
might possibly feed on millipedes.




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