That's a great website for a neat project, Mike! On the discussion board, a participant (whose name & email I have omitted here) asked Linda's question, and the project leader replied:
In my June 1, 2014 report I reported an individual flying with three flashes and reported it as orange because red was not an option. It looked RED to me. Is that possible? .:Don Salvatore - 6/16/2014 1:20 pm Firefly colors are listed as yellow, yellow green, green, orange, amber and blue. I have never heard of a red firefly. But that doesn't mean that there isn't one. Or that because of the way people may see colors differently or environmental conditions, you won't see a red firefly. * * * I still have only seen what I'd describe as yellow-green fireflies, but a lot of them. Maybe that's all there are at my house, or maybe I haven't learned to discern the colors. I certainly haven't put in the disciplined time of a Firefly Watch participant, but I'm considering it. Then maybe I'll have more legitimate replies when people ask about red flashes in the night. --Dave Nutter On Jun 29, 2014, at 12:24 AM, Mike Pitzrick <mpitzr...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Museum of Science in Boston has published some web pages with information > about how to identify fireflies using their flash color and pattern. > > Types Of Fireflies > > Flash Chart > > Virtual Habitat (interactive tool to help you learn to identify firefly > flashes) > > > These web pages are part of a citizen science project called Firefly Watch, > which is designed to find out more about the distribution of the various > firefly species. > > -Mike > > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does anyone else notice that some of the flashes look like different > colors. Reds and greens. Is this just like a Doppler shift type thing or are > they really like that? > > Linda > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --