Firefly Infographic for New York Conservation Magazine

New York Conservationist magazine's June 2018 issue features a project in collaboration with Cornell entomologist Cole Gilbert. This centrefold visualizes distinctive flash patterns of different species in New York.

Flashes serve as a dialogue between males and females, with the males doing the flying. Interestingly, the color of the flashes depends on the time of activity- with late flyers producing a green flash and early evening flyers making a yellow flash. For the online issue click here

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