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Fig. 1. a in Thieves in the Night: Kleptoparasitism by Fireflies in the GenusPhoturisDejean (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

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Fig. 1. a) Kleptoparastism by female Photuris sp. on Photinus pyralis as prey, b) After a failed attempt to chase away the kleptoparasitic Photuris, the spider cut both the kleptoparasitic firefly and the wrapped Photinus from the web and commenced web repair while the Photuris continued to feed on the wrapped Photinus firefly from the ground. (Photos by L. Faust).

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Published as part of Faust, Lynn, De Cock, Raphaël & Lewis, Sara, 2012, Thieves in the Night: Kleptoparasitism by Fireflies in the GenusPhoturisDejean (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), pp. 1-6 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 66 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.1649/072.066.0101, http://zenodo.org/record/5340794

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