ONH

Black Lampyrid

Ellychnia sp.

  • 1635
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  • 3954
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  • 1635
    1 - Black Lampyrid, Ellychnia sp..

    06/19/2010 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

  • 4140
    2 - Black Lampyrid.

    06/19/2010 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    3 - Black Lampyrid eating a salal berry.

    08/10/2008 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    4 - Black Lampyrid on Pixie Cup Lichen.

    03/13/2013 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

  • 3954
    5 - Black Lampyrids mating.

    03/13/2013 Rialto Beach, Mora Road, Forks, Washington

  • 8303
    6 - Black Lampyrids mating.

    06/28/2010 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

A member of the Firefly family, Lampyridae, this common northwest species does not emit light as adults or as larvae.

According to Insects of the Pacific Northwest, p 71, “There are a number of species in this genus, and one needs to use the identification key in Fender (1970) to identify them,” but they label their photo Ellychnia hatchi. Bugguide is keeping many photos prospectively identified as this species at the genus level.