Fireflies produce ultrasonic clicks during flight as a potential aposematic anti-bat signal
Summary: Fireflies are known for emitting light signals for intraspecific communication. However, in doing so, they reveal themselves to many potential nocturnal predators from a large distance. Therefore, many fireflies evolved unpalatable compounds and probably use their light signals as anti-pred...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-03-01
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Series: | iScience |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221001620 |