Firefly

The Lampyridae are a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera, with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly during twilight, to attract mates.

Scientific name: Lampyridae

Higher classification: Elateroidea

Family: Lampyridae; Latreille, 1817

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Coleoptera

Phylum: Arthropoda