191: Fireflies w/ Dr. Sarah Lower!
Join Ellen & special guest, biology professor and researcher Sarah Lower, for a review of nature’s very own glimmering fairy lights: fireflies!
Just the Zoo of Us · Ellen Weatherford, Dr. Sarah Lower
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Show Notes
Join Ellen & special guest, biology professor and researcher Sarah Lower, for a review of nature’s very own glimmering fairy lights: fireflies! We discuss how to do the beetle dance, tips for packing a bioluminescent picnic, and the shockingly diabolical world of fireflies - from friendly fire to catfishing, thievery, and snailshakes.
Links:
- The Lower Lab website
- Dr. Lower's Twitter
- Mass Audubon's Firefly Watch Community Science Project
- iNaturalist
- The Xerces Society's Firefly Atlas
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