1. Nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
   - firefly

Derived forms: lightning bugs

Type of: beetle

Part of: family Lampyridae, Lampyridae

Encyclopedia: Lightning bug

• order Palmales
• order Pandanales
• order Papaverales
• order paper
• order Parietales
• order Passeriformes
• order Pectinibranchia
• order Pediculati
• order Pedipalpi
• order Pelecaniformes
• order Pelycosauria
• order Perciformes
• order Percomorphi
• order Perissodactyla
• order Peronosporales
• order Pezizales
• order Phalangida
• order Phallales
• order Phasmatodea
• order Phasmida
• order Pholidota
• order Picariae
• order Piciformes
• order Piperales
• order Plantaginales