Bioluminescence in firefly larvae: A test of the aposematic display hypothesis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 365-370

  Underwood, Todd J ^a   Tallamy, Douglas W ^a   Pesek, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Bioluminescence; Firefly; Lampyridae

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; LAMPYRIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030800964     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765604     Document Type: Article

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