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    Tuning of photoreceptor spectral sensitivity in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

    Sexual communication between male and female fireflies involves the visual detection of species-specific bioluminescent signals. Firefly species vary spectrally in both their emitted light and in the sensitiv...

    T. W. Cronin, M. Järvilehto, M. Weckström in Journal of Comparative Physiology A (2000)

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    Blue through UV polarization sensitivities in insects

    A Signal-to-Noise optimization model has now been extended to explain the range of species-specific polarization sensitivities of insects. The different polarization sensitivities are shown to represent optimi...

    H. H. Seliger, A. B. Lall, W. H. Biggley in Journal of Comparative Physiology A (1994)