Fireflies

An orb-weaver spider wraps up its flashing prey Xinhua Fu Once orb-weaver spiders ensnare male fireflies in their webs, they…

Sometimes fireflies shouldn’t follow the light.   A single flash from a female usually helps male Abscondita terminalis fireflies find…

Their ethereal yellow (or green, or red) glow popping up from the grass signals summer. While there may be as…

Synchronous fireflies, known as Photuris frontalis, blink in the woods near the Congaree River on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in…