About Pyractomena borealis (Randall, 1828)
Pyractomena borealis, commonly called the Spring tree-top flasher, is a firefly species that belongs to the beetle family Lampyridae. This species is native to North America, where it has an extremely broad distribution. Its known range extends from Alberta eastward to Canada's Maritime Provinces, and southward to every U.S. state located east of the Mississippi River.