Aggressive mimicry in Photuris: firefly femmes fatales.
By Lloyd, J.E.
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Lloyd, J.E. 1965. Aggressive mimicry in Photuris: firefly femmes fatales. Science 149(3684): 653–654.
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.