Most Popular Links Lampyridae Level 1 Level 2 |Key Characters
(adult)|| Fireflies, lightningbugs, glowworms. Adults soft-
bodied, elongate; color generally black, with red markings on
the pronotum; antennae with 8-13 (usually 11) segments,
filiform, serrate or branched in some taxa; tarsi 5-segmented,
next-to-last segment with pads; abdominal segments may be
modified as luminescent organs (mainly Eastern species). Some
adults may have reduced wings or even be larva-like. |Key
Characters (larva)|| Larvae live in moist soils, sometimes along
shorelines; all larvae luminescent to some degree; body elongate
with prominent scleritized plates; head covered by pronotum;
legs 5-segmented.