MadSci Network: Zoology
Query:

Subject: Do fireflies come in more than one color?

Date: Mon Jun 26 11:06:55 2000
Posted by Heather Drake
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Bloomington State/Province: IN Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 962032015.Zo
Message:

Do fireflies come in more than one color?  I had never seen one before I 
moved to the Midwest a few years ago.  I was quite surprised to discover 
that our fireflies are green rather than the yellow or white I expected.

If fireflies do come in different colors, what determines their hue?


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