---
title: "Black Firefly"
description: "Lucidota atra — Insecten en spinnen. Lucidota atra, the woodland lucy or black firefly, is a diurnal species of firefly — a member of the Lampyridae family of beetles (order Coleoptera)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-firefly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Firefly

> Lucidota atra — Insecten en spinnen. Lucidota atra, the woodland lucy or black firefly, is a diurnal species of firefly — a member of the Lampyridae family of beetles (order Coleoptera).

- Scientific name: *Lucidota atra*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 19884
- Wikidata: [Q10787174](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10787174)
- iNaturalist taxon: [224157](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/224157)

## Names

- en: Black Firefly

## Countries with the most observations

US (11259), CA (3979)

## Summary

Lucidota atra, the woodland lucy or black firefly, is a diurnal species of firefly — a member of the Lampyridae family of beetles (order Coleoptera).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucidota_atra

## Photo

![Black Firefly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-firefly/medium.jpg)

Photo: askalotl · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221734585

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-firefly?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).