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title: "Winter Firefly"
description: "Photinus corruscus — Insecten en spinnen. Ellychnia corrusca, the winter firefly, is a species of firefly in the genus Ellychnia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/winter-firefly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Winter Firefly

> Photinus corruscus — Insecten en spinnen. Ellychnia corrusca, the winter firefly, is a species of firefly in the genus Ellychnia.

- Scientific name: *Photinus corruscus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 28301
- iNaturalist taxon: [1616267](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1616267)

## Names

- en: Winter Firefly
- fr: Lampyride à bordure orange

## Countries with the most observations

US (13631), CA (6256), MX (16)

## Summary

Ellychnia corrusca, the winter firefly, is a species of firefly in the genus Ellychnia. It is a lantern-less diurnal beetle common in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The adults spend winter on a colony tree, favoring Quercus (oak), Carya (hickory), and Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip poplar).
This beetle can be found in a large variety of habitats. In the maple syrup business, these beetles are commonly found in the buckets of sap from tapped trees.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/281612063

## Machine access

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