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#1 Question Re: fireflies

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:28 am
by The Minx
I heard a couple of things about fireflies, namely

a) That only the males light up at night, and
b) That only the males fly.

Are either (or both) of these true?

#2 Re: Question Re: fireflies

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:53 pm
by LadyTevar
Wikipedia is your friend: FireFly
The answer depends on the Species, it seems.

#3 Re: Question Re: fireflies

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:44 pm
by The Minx
:oops:

So there was an obvious solution to finding that out after all.

Seems that it's less common for females to fly or give off a light-show. But not impossible. Too bad it doesn't go into detail, but that's OK.

#4 Re: Question Re: fireflies

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:28 pm
by Comrade Tortoise
there are also predatory ones that mimic the return flashes of females to lure in males of other species... to eat them.

#5 Re: Question Re: fireflies

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:19 pm
by The Minx
Now why doesn't this surprise me? :shock:

Nature can be so nasty. :)