Rethinking Why Fireflies Light Up (1 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Rethinking Why Fireflies Light Up (1 of 4)

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Fireflies (Photinus pyralis) defuse bat attack with bioluminescence and slow, predictable flight. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 22, 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by B.C. Leavell at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, and colleagues was titled, "Fireflies thwart bat attack with multisensory warnings."

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[Credit: Dr. Stephen Marshall]

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