This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Ever since Darwin identified it as the force responsible for the evolution of exaggerated male characters, sexual selection has been the focus ...

Unlike the enchanting yellow-green flashes of light produced on warm summer evenings by Photinus pyralis, the most common firefly species in North America, the orange lights of Photinus scintillans ...

For many people across the United States, summer doesn’t truly begin until the soft glow of electric yellow and green fireflies can be seen drifting through the night. But you don’t have to travel to ...

BALTIMORE — The glow of LED lights might throw off the flirtations of fireflies, new tests suggest. Females of the big dipper species (Photinus pyralis) don’t flash back at twinkling males quite as ...

1. The firefly, Photinus pyralis, has a distinctive color pattern of red, yellow, and black and is unpalatable to at least seven species of vertebrate predators. The beetle, Tenebrio molitor, is black ...

When the sun falls below the horizon, a skinny beetle named Photinus pyralis wakes up and takes to the air. We know it as the firefly, or lightning bug, an insect that transforms the sultry summer ...

You might not really be sure you saw what you think you saw when the first one shows up. But you stare in the direction of the flicker of light and there it is again — the first firefly of the evening ...

Every season has its own unique sights, sounds and other sensations. In this episode of the SciStarter podcast, we look at fireflies, listen to cicadas, feel the ocean waves and extend our senses ...

(WBIR - Knoxville) Those seeking enlightenment on lightning bugs need only look to Lynn Faust of Knoxville. As one of the world's leading experts on the illuminating insects, she's known to many as ...

Looking for an illuminating outdoor adventure to take part in with loved ones? In Texas, about 45 species of fireflies, also known as lightning bugs or lightning beetles, can be found in early summer ...

Synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus) illuminate the forests of Watoga State Park, West Virginia, which were discovered in 2019 after efforts to achieve International Dark Sky status. Although ...