ok i colleced 4 lightning bugs and im watching them. I need to know if they are a female or a male! pls help me out here i need answers now!
2007-06-20 15:29:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
That's a pretty good question: you can tell by behavior; as the fellow above says, the males display their flash patterns while flying, and the females are sitting low on branches or weed stems flashing back. But in the hand? I don't think I ever learned that. I'm not sure that there would be an obvious difference, but maybe you could find out by hunting for females in the vegetation (look for a flash on the ground or in a bush) and see if they look different from the males.
2007-06-20 16:14:21 · answer #1 · answered by John R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ones that fly around are males the females lay on branches or whatever
2007-06-20 22:48:27 · answer #2 · answered by souessa n 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are all female
2007-06-20 22:44:14 · answer #3 · answered by Georami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋