Having recently visited one of Puerto Rico’s Bio Bays, we were excited to see the American Museum of Natural History’s newest exhibit, Creatures of Light.
What we learned:
-Male fireflies use their light to attract females, and answer her flash by pointing his toward her for full effect.
-The male firefly lantern may be 10 times larger than the female’s.
-Fireflies may only have 2 weeks to reproduce, so don’t hold onto it for long!
-Firefly larva live in the ground and live fireflies spend the daytime hours in the grass.
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