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Science 6 August 1965:
Vol. 149. no. 3684, pp. 653 - 654
DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3684.653
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Aggressive Mimicry in Photuris: Firefly Femmes Fatales

James E. Lloyd 1

1 Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

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.


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