The Dark Side of the Light Show: Predators of Fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains

In the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, the Light Show is a popular seasonal attraction created by thousands of courting male Photinus carolinus fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) that flash in synchrony to locate females. This study was undertaken to provide a temporal snapshot of whether i...

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Main Authors: Sara M. Lewis, Lynn Faust, Raphaël De Cock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/634027
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