Observation: Bicellonycha wickershamorum
Primary Observer:
Janie Agyagos
Event Date:
2025-06-20
Status:
Verified
Survey
Site Name:
Oak Creek at Clatterbuck
Province/State:
Arizona
Event Date:
2025-06-20
Time of Day:
Night-Time
Start Time:
19:40
End Time:
20:38
Number of Observers:
2
Primary Observer:
Janie Agyagos
Additional Observers:
Frank Agyagos
target_species_genus:
bicellonycha
target_species_species:
wickershamorum
Location and Habitat
Location Accuracy (meters):
0-25
Habitat Type:
Riparian - Areas Along lake or stream
Habitat Type Notes:
Cottonwood, willow, sycamore, ash, grape, river sedge (where fireflies originate from). Non-natives = giant reed, Johnson grass, Himalayan blackberry, clover, Bermuda grass, tall fescue grass, some tamarisk and Russian olive.
Elevation (meters):
984
Area Searched (hectares):
0.41680
Artificial Light Sources
Vehicles: Yes
Street Lights: No
Buildings: No
Street Lights: No
Buildings: No
Artificial Light Types
Sky Glow (diffuse illumination in the sky): No
Light Trespass (light cast on surfaces beyond its intended target): No
Glare (bright light causing visual discomfort): Yes
Light Trespass (light cast on surfaces beyond its intended target): No
Glare (bright light causing visual discomfort): Yes
Artificial Light Notes:
Only at one survey point and when looking upstream, very occasionally would see headlights from vehicles driving
Observation
Observation Type:
With Flash Data
Number Observed:
11-50
genus:
bicellonycha
Species:
wickershamorum
Observation Notes:
Did not start flashing at sunset, rather later at 8:08PM. Saw last one flashing at 8:36.
Specimen Voucher Number:
None
Flash Behavior
First Flash Time:
20:08
Last Flash Time:
20:36
First Flash Temp (F):
82
Last Flash Temp (F):
73
Flashes in Pattern:
1
Flash Color:
Green
Flash Pattern Period:
1
Flash Duration:
Less than 1
Flash Interval:
1
Male Height Zone:
Low (0-3 ft), Moderate (3-8 ft), High (over 8 ft)
Flash Location:
In thick streamside live vegetation and dead woody flood debris in channel. Not where banks are denuded.
Male Flash Behavior:
Start flashing low and stay fairly close (easy to double count). Then start moving up and down stream and then start getting higher but did not seem to go into uplands. No greater than 30 feet from edge of stream vegetation.
Female Flash Behavior:
None
