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Spiders Are Trapping Fireflies in Their Webs and Using Their Glow to Lure Fresh Prey
At night in the forests of East Asia, fireflies glow to attract mates. But sometimes their signals are hijacked. Sheet web ...
Researchers observed a species of spiders using fireflies to catch prey. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI Aug. 28 (UPI) ...
Ecologists have observed a species of nocturnal spider attracting prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already ...
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Spiders seen keeping fireflies as glowing prisoners that draw more prey to their webs
The findings, published Thursday (Aug. 28) in the Journal of Animal Ecology, revealed the LED webs attracted three times more prey than the empty webs. When just looking at the number of fireflies ...
Taiwanese spiders exploit firefly bioluminescence as bait, keeping trapped fireflies alive to attract additional prey.
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