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Unsung Pollinators of the U.S.
Conservation begins with you!
Where do I live?
As a single female, I watch the males dance nearby, which looks like waves of alternating bright light and darkness that seem to travel across the landscape.
We usually flash our lights in early June near Elkmont, Tennessee, and in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near Gatlinburg. [5] [4]
I am in a family of fireflies whose mating displays of synchronous flashing, where all the males flash at the same time with the same pattern, have fascinated both scientists and tourists. Cool video here of the dance. [6]
Thinking question:
If I was a firefly like Caro, where would I live??
"Fireflys, lightning bugs in the pasture at dusk" by Otto Phokus is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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