Courtship and copulation behavior of firefly, Luciola cruciata

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Shot Date: 2004/06/05
Shot Location: Yoshino, Matsuoka-town, Fukui, Japan

species
Luciola cruciata

Key Words
courtship
copulation
luminescence
traditional rural landscape (satoyama)


Yuko NAGATA, Takuya SAKAGUCHI, Hisae ARAI, Yoshiaki KITAJIMA, Misa KODERA, Hiroyo TSUDA, Tomoki NOSAKA
2004/10/24 submitted


Animalia >Arthropoda >Insecta >Coleoptera >Lampyridae >Luciola >
or
Animalia >Unidentified >Unidentified >Unidentified >Unidentified >Unidentified >

First half: Fireflies (Luciola cruciata) are flying over a river beside a rice paddy after sunset.
Second half: Females are perching on grass along the river and are emitting luminescence and males with luminescence have flown toward the females. At the end, they formed heterosexual pairs and copulated. (translated by Asoh)

(Data No.momo041024lc01b)

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