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Fig. 5. Rival male pulls female from her burrow. 
Summary 
Four of 108 Photinus collustrans females mated more than once. 
One was dug from her burrow by a male, one was mated by a 
“sneaky” male, and two made themselves available to males after 
mating. 
Acknowledgments 
The photograph for Fig. 2 was made by T. G. Forrest. J. E. Lloyd 
introduced me to fireflies and reviewed the manuscript several 
times. Reviews by T. G. Forrest and J. Sivinski also improved the 
paper. Special thanks for comments by members of the Editorial 
Board at Psyche. Barbara Hollien typed the manuscript. S. A. 
Wineriter helped mount the photographs. Some of the work was 
funded by NSF grant no. DEB-7821744. Florida Agricultural 
Experiment Station Journal Series No. 4934. 
Literature Cited 
Lloyd, J. E. 
1966. Studies on the flash communication system in Photinus fireflies. Univ. 
Mich. Misc. Publ. No. 130. 
