Venus firefly traps

Allison Mitchell

Nature, 1997, vol. 389, issue 6647, 130-130

Abstract: In firefly courtship, males signal to females by flashing in a species-specific manner; the female responds and the male then makes his way to her. Females of the genusPhoturishave adapted this system to nutritional ends by faking the response of fireflies of a different genus: when the male arrives he is eaten. But the female Photurisgets more than a meal. The hapless males contain compounds which firefly predators find unpalatable, and so in turn confer protection upon the lady diner.

Date: 1997
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