Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs, these insects are neither flies nor true bugs. Instead they are beetles, just like ladybugsandrhinocerosbeetles.Like other beetles, fireflieshaveafairofhardenedwingcases, calledelytra, thatthewingsfoldunderneath.
•They are soft-bodiedbeetlesthatrangefrom5to25mm(upto1inch)inlenght.The flattened, dark brown and black body is often marked with orange or yellow. Some adult fireflies do not eat, whereas many feed on pollen and nectar. In a few species females are predatory on males of other firefly species.
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•Fireflies are beetles,
Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs, these insects are neither flies nor true bugs. Instead they are beetles, just like ladybugs and rhinoceros beetles. Like other beetles, fireflies have a fair of hardened wing cases, called elytra, that the wings fold underneath.
•They are soft-bodied beetles that range from 5 to 25 mm (up to 1 inch) in lenght. The flattened, dark brown and black body is often marked with orange or yellow. Some adult fireflies do not eat, whereas many feed on pollen and nectar. In a few species females are predatory on males of other firefly species.