Fireflies Gallery

Argus - Firefly class - broad gauge locomotive of the GWR

Argus ) - a broad gauge 2-2-2 Firefly Class steam locomotive built by Fenton, Murray and Jackson to run on the Great Western Railway (GWR). Argus was the builder of the Argo, a ship in Greek mythology. Date: circa 1870

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Peanut-headed lanternfly, alligator bug, great

Peanut-headed lanternfly, alligator bug, great lanthorn-fly or firefly, Fulgora laternaria.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, 1800

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

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Fireflies seeking mates light up in synchronised bursts inside a forest at Santa Clara

Fireflies seeking mates light up in synchronised bursts inside a forest at Santa Clara sanctuary near the town of Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala state, Mexico, July 24, 2017. Picture taken July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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