The West Indian Firefly

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Apr 1916

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Nature, Volume 97, Issue 2426, pp. 180 (1916).

Physics

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THE writer is not in any sense an entomologist, but for this very reason his notes regarding this insect may have a certain interest as being from a different point of view from that usually taken. The beetle is much brighter than those with which we are familiar in the States and in England, and is always a source of interest to travellers. They first appear in Jamaica about the middle of February, and by the middle of June are found in great numbers, so that the fields as seen from a slight elevation sometimes appear strewn with wandering stars, much brighter than those in the heavens above. They are particularly numerous on damp or foggy evenings when there is no moon. Their light is constantly fluctuating, and the fluctuations occur more or less in unison over a considerable area, which makes their appearance much more striking. An individual light is readily seen at a distance of a quarter of a mile. They have powerful jaws, but nevertheless fall a ready prey to spiders, who consume them in large numbers.

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