Figures 4.11


The flash patterns of males of a number of Photinus firefly species (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), each of which generates a distinctive pattern of signals in order to elicit a response from their conspecific females.
Figures 4.11. The flash patterns of males of a number of Photinus firefly species (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), each of which generates a distinctive pattern of signals in order to elicit a response from their conspecific females.

(After Lloyd 1966)

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  Males of the Arctic fly Rhamphomyia nigrita (Diptera: Empididae) hunt for prey in swarms of Aedes mosquitoes (lower mid-right of drawing) and carry the prey to a specific visual marker of the swarm site (left of drawing).