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Photinus sp.
Male Photinus beetles emit a flashing light pattern to signal for females. Illegitimate receivers, such as female Photuris beetles, identify these signals and use them to locate the male Photinus, attract them with deceptive signals, and eat them. (information from Wikipedia)
Suburban flowerbed
Spotted on Jul 2, 2014
Submitted on Dec 16, 2016
2 Comments
Thanks, Daniele! I'm trying to get back in the PN groove. :-)
Thanks for all your latest contributions full of great info Aaron!