Firefly lost to science for more than 40 years rediscovered in Delaware nature preserve
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The similar firefly (Pyractomena similis), which had not been documented since 1983, was rediscovered on June 3, 2026, in a meadow at Brandywine Creek State Park in Delaware by entomologist Christopher Heckscher during a survey for the Journal of Lost Species.
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