Project Firefly
Creatures which glow I must search for!
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Please support Project Firefly. We need to raise $10,000,000.00 to support the establishment and maintenance of a mobile research project which will study the effects of global warming and urbanization upon the environment and how it is effecting firefly populations and other organisms which are effected by changes in the environment and serve as early warning systems. Please make a donation to help Project Firefly. Click on the Fireflier Mobile Field Station and make a donation today! All funds will be used to help establish and maintain Project Firefly, to acquire and operate the Fireflier Mobile Field Station, to provide equipment and supplies and to operate the Project Firefly outreach program, maintain the Project Firefly web site and employ personnel. Thank you for your patronage and support!
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Project Firefly is an on going effort to bring together people around the world who are actively engaged in the study of fireflies. If you are doing research on fireflies and would like to be listed in this index please contact Terry Lynch. Please provide a recent photograph of yourself, preferably one of you doing field work with fireflies, and a brief biographical sketch describing your work with fireflies. All submissions become the property of Project Firefly, cannot be returned and may be published by Project Firefly without any further monetary or other form of compensation.
New Project Firefly Forum
Please click on the link below to visit the Project Firefly Forum. Here you may network directly with other people around the nation and globe who are interested in the study and research of fireflies and bioluminescent organisms. This forum is designed for everyone who is interested in fireflies and nature study. Please participate with a spirit of goodwill for the benefit of people and the environment everywhere. You may post links to related sites, share photographs of fireflies, their larvae and/or other insects, and even participate in research projects. Everyone who is interested in fireflies and insect behavior, in general, is invited to participate and make a contribution of their knowledge, skills and abilities. Thank you!
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Firefly Experts and Fanciers
The firefly man. Yep, I've been watching fireflies so long that I've turned green with envy! :-)
Terry Lynch is a naturalist who has been interested in the study of fireflies, aphids and other wildlife since he began keeping field observations and notebooks in 1968. He has traveled widely throughout the United State photographing figures and forms in nature. Lynch has made presentations to professional organizations and clubs and has published hundreds of scientific and technical illustrations, photographs and graphic designs. Lynch is most noted for his work with respect to the study of Photinus pyralis, a very common species of firefly which occurs throughout the southeastern United States. Lynch was the first person to observe and describe the rest/alert positions of preflight behavior in fireflies, to develop practical mass rearing techniques for fireflies, to observe aggregate behavior in P. pyralis larvae and to video tape the predacious behavior of P. pyralis larvae attacking earthworms. Lynch has published many of his studies online to motivate and inspire others worldwide.
Dr. James E. Lloyd Dr. Lloyd is the primary authority on fireflies in North America. He has published numerous articles with regard to the behavior of fireflies and was the first to report aggressive mimicry in Photuris sp. Also Dr. Lloyd has described a number of new speices of fireflies characterized and distinguished by their flash patterns. Contact:
Dr. James E. Lloyd, Professor of Systematics
Department of Entomology and Nematology, Building 970
Surge Area Drive
P.O. Box 11062
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620
Telephone (352) 392-1901 Extension 110
Fax: (352) 392-0190
Les Eddington Mr. Eddington is the chair of a mid sized integrated Dept of Biology and Chemistry at a Christian Liberal Arts comprehensive university-Azusa Pacific University. He is interested in making both SEM and TEM studies of fireflies and their larvae.
Prem Bahadur Budha Mr. Budha is a teaching assistant at Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. He is interested in the assay and rearing or regional species of fireflies and has enjoyed some degree of sucess in this regard using methodology suggested by Terry Lynch. Tel. 977-1(4)331896 (Off.) 977-1(4)331390 (Res.)
Kian Siong Kian Siong is a scientist in Indonesia interested in Pteroptyx sp., a genus of fireflies which occur in Bintan Island, part of Sumatra Island, Indonesia. Contact:
Mr. Kian Siong
Research and Development Manager
PT Bintan Resort Cakrawala
Lagoi, BINTAN UTARA
INDONESIA 29155
Phone: 62-770-692021
Fax: 62-770-692041
Mobile: 62-817-210412
Raphael Koh Mr. Koh is doing an undergraduate research project on fireflies under the Institute of Tropical Biology Conservation in Malaysia. He is interested in making assays of regional species (Pteroptyx tener) and in learning how to rear firefly larvae.
Aseem Mishra Aseem Mishar is a student interested in the study and rearing of fireflies which occur in the delta area mangroves of Orissa, India. She is associates with the P.G.Dept of Biotechnology; Utkal University; Vani Vihar; Bhubaneshwar-751004; Orissa,
India.
For additional information about fireflies or other natural history topics you may enjoy visiting these sites produced and hosted by Terry Lynch:
Additional Resources
Enjoy these additional sites produced by Terry Lynch.
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Firefly FAQs Frequently asked questions: Everything you always wanted to know about fireflies; the ABC's of fireflies; questions and answers by Terry Lynch.
- Blinks and Links Blink and Links is produced by The Firefly Project to help educate and inform the public about fireflies and other bioluminescent animals and plants.
- Firefly Mysteries
Revelations related to the egg, embryo, early instar and behavior of Photinus pyralis larvae with respect to gregarious feeding behavior, vivisection of host food via digestive enzymes, interring of earthworms and proof larvae use eyes and lanterns to form aggregates. This report includes photographs of P. pyralis and presents original research detailing rearing techniques and aspects of P. pyralis larvae behavior never before sited in the scientific literature. A challenge for investigators is offered with emphasis on the role firefly larvae may play in research into the genetic key codes which link and differentiate flash pattern to species.
- Flash Keys in Fireflies by Terry Lynch: Impressions and considerations with reference to the role of nitric oxide (NO) in firefly flash and the implication this has with respect to the timed delay between flashes of species and other related flash behavior. June 29, 2001, 16:40hrs.
- Firefly Notebooks: How to rear fireflies by Terry Lynch Techniques with respect to the collection, observation and rearing of the firefly P. pyralis and Photuris with notes upon the feeding behavior of Photinid and Photuris larvae and the implications these contrasting behaviors have on evolution of the species in fireflies. Presents photomicrographs, drawings, diagrams and methodology with respect to original research related to the rearing of fireflies.
- Feeding behavior of Photinid larvae Model used to illustrate probably sequence with respect to predation of P. pyralis on earthworms.
- Firefly Safe Zones: Strategies for Reintroduction, Preservation and Maintenance of Vigorous Firefly Populations
- Fireflies vs. Humans: More Alien than Alien: Which is the more alien species homo sapiens or P. pyralis?
- GEO: Bioluminescent Springtails of Christchurch, New Zealand Original photo micrographs of a little known species of bioluminescent Collembola, Anurida granaria (Nicolet, 1847) are presented to celebrate the beauty and splendor of this Springtail from down under. Site includes guest book, gallery, links and updates.
- The Urban Jungle: Alien fungi and other wondrous flora and fauna of backyard America
- Photinus pyralis Gallery: Microphotographs of embryonic firefly and early instar larvae
- Terry's UV Light Trap A design showing how to make a simple UV light trap for the collection of nocturnal insects.
The Firefly Gallery Help save the firefly! The proceeds from these charming design items will be used to support firefly studies and research and advocate preservation of the environment and fireflies.
Associated Sites
Save the Firefly | Firefly FAQs | Blinks & Links | Project Firefly Forum | Firefly Gallery | Sci-Tech Designs | Butterflies Are Magic | International Slug Fest | International Spider Fest | International Butterfly Fest | Project GEO | Support This Project | Contact the Author
Copyright © 1999 - 2006 by Terry Lynch. All Rights Reserved. The photographs, illustrations and copy written material on this site is my original work. If you want to reprint or use any of this material you need prior written permission. Please contact Terry Lynch if you would like to use any of this material. Thank you for your consideration.
