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06/98-- The firefly, also known as the lightning bug, is actually neither a fly nor a bug, but a beetle, say Purdue entomologists. This particular firefly is called Say's firefly (Pyractomena angulata), one of about 175 species of fireflies in the United States.
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(Scientific illustration by Arwin Provonsha, Purdue Department of Entomology.)
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