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Fig. 2. a in Thieves in the Night: Kleptoparasitism by Fireflies in the GenusPhoturisDejean (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

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Fig. 2. a) Failed attempt at kleptoparasitism by a female Photuris that flew into the web of a large Araneus spider which had snared a male Photinus brimleyi, but the Photuris was quickly subdued and wrapped by the web owner, b) Kleptoparasitic female Photuris, which had been wrapped together with its intended prey, has removed most of its silken wrapping but remains tethered to two wrapped male Photinus fireflies. (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 3, DOI: 10.1649/072.066.0101, http://zenodo.org/record/5340794

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