fire beetle

== English == === Etymology === Pyrophorus noctilucus - because it looks like it is glowing, like fire. Melanophila - because they seek out fire in order to mate and lay eggs in freshly burned wood. === Noun === fire beetle (plural fire beetles) A luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus noctilucus Synonym: headlight elater Any insect in the genus Melanophila ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “fire beetle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.