Fireflies: Reproducing Brilliantly

How do fireflies attract a mate?

• Light up

• Send a text

• Dance

• Sing

True or False: Fireflies use energy to turn on and off their glow in specific patterns.

• True

• False

Females signal by _______.

• flying

• sitting on leaves

• swimming

• dancing

Males signal by _______.

• flying

• sitting on leaves

• swimming

• dancing

Male fireflies use more energy, because they are _____ and ______.

• dancing

• signaling

• flying

• chirping

Females use a lot of energy after mating because ________.

• they eat the male.

• they are hungry.

• they are still glowing.

• they lay about 100 eggs.

True or False: Fireflies spend most of their time as full grown fireflies.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Fireflies spend most of their lives as larvae.

Insects, snails and slugs are a _______ for firefly larvae.

• consumer population

• resource population

The larvae need energy to _____ and ______.

• build mud chambers

• find prey

• flee from predators

• transform into an adult firefly.

Adult fireflies need ______ to reproduce.

• food

• water

• energy

• sleep