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Local conservation nonprofit receives grant to study two rare species

Katy Szpak

The Sycamore Land Trust was awarded a grant from the Indianapolis Zoological Society to study the Kirtland’s snake and cypress firefly.
Firefly Mating Signals

Walker Rhea

Firefly flashes are actually mating signals. Male fireflies cruise the evening air, flashing their lanterns in a pattern characteristic of their species, looking for females of their own kind.