WASHINGTON— In response to a petition and legal agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the Bethany Beach firefly as a ...
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Fireflies Are Disappearing—and We’re to BlameThe experts found that one in three North American firefly species might be at risk of extinction. Currently, only the Bethany Beach firefly in Delaware is being reviewed for protection under the ...
In 1949, Frank A. McDermott discovered what would become a new species of firefly in Bethany Beach. In 1953, it was named Photuris bethaniensis. But after that, people lost track of the firefly ...
Today’s suit also seeks decisions on petitions to list the Mojave poppy bee and Las Vegas bearpoppy, both in Nevada; the Gulf Coast solitary bee in Florida; and the Bethany Beach firefly in Delaware.
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