Night Lights

Looking out into the darkened backyard last night, I spotted one - a firefly. Like aerial Morse code, it blinked its way across the yard and up into the the trees. Probably of the species Photuris pensylvanica, the males fly around, blinking from their behinds as they try to attract females. But they need to be careful - the females of some other firefly species will signal back to the males, ambush them and eat them! It's tough being a male insect!