Nature doesn’t mess around when it comes to survival. One species of spider has come up with a hunting trick – using the bioluminescence of trapped fireflies as a living, glowing bait. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Males of the firefly species Diaphanes lampyroides can sometimes find themselves entangled in sheetweb spider ( Psechrus clavis ) webs. But instead of going quietly, the fireflies continue glowing for up to an hour. That’s where things get interesting. The sheetweb spiders don’t just eat male fireflies the moment they get caught. Nope, that’s too simple. Instead, the sneaky arachnids leave trapped fireflies to continue flashing their bioluminescent signal – like a neon advertisement attractin

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