Aggressive Mimicry in Photuris: Firefly Femmes Fatales
Abstract
Firefly females of the genus Photuris, long known to be carnivorous, attract and devour males of the genus Photinus by mimicking the flash-responses of Photinus females. Although suspected, this behavior had not been observed previously.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- August 1965
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.149.3684.653
- Bibcode:
- 1965Sci...149..653L