Female glowworms with brighter lights found to attract more mates and to produce more offspring
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers affiliated with the University of Oulu and the University of Helsinki, both in Finland, has found that female glowworms that have a brighter light tend to attract more mates and to produce more offspring. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the team describes their two-pronged research project and what they learned in studying the common beetle.