firefly

6045    Hello, I am from Ottawa Ontario Canada and I have been finding these bugs in my back yard, they seem to be growing in numbers and I would like to know what they are called. I have never seen these bugs before and I would like to know more about them. Thank you.

This is a firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae); it looks like Lucidota atra, known as the black firefly. See https://tinyurl.com/y7j963c7 for an image and more information on fireflies in general. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.