Table 2 Mean and standard deviation of the number of flashes, inter-flash gap, and flash duration from the filtered data for each filmed population, along with the corresponding literature values (where available) extracted via methodology shown in Fig. 5.
From: Embracing firefly flash pattern variability with data-driven species classification
Species | Number of flashes | Inter-flash gap (s) | Flash duration (s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Data | Literature | Data | Literature | Data | Literature | |
B. wickershamorum, AZ, Jul. 2022 | \(5.9 \pm 2.5\) | n/a | \(0.82 \pm 0.07\) | n/a | \(0.17 \pm 0.03\) | n/a |
P. bethaniensis, DE, Jul. 2022 | \(2.3 \pm 0.6\) | 2 | \(0.22 \pm 0.04\) | 0.53 | \(0.07 \pm 0.03\) | 0.27 |
P. carolinus, TN, Jun. 2020 | \(7.2 \pm 1.9\) | 9 | \(0.42 \pm 0.04\) | 0.37 | \(0.14 \pm 0.03\) | 0.23 |
P. carolinus, OH, Jun. 2022 | \(5.7 \pm 1.1\) | 9 | \(0.42 \pm 0.04\) | 0.37 | \(0.10 \pm 0.02\) | 0.23 |
P. carolinus, PA, Jun. 2022 | \(5.9 \pm 1.4\) | 9 | \(0.43 \pm 0.03\) | 0.37 | \(0.11 \pm 0.03\) | 0.23 |
P. forresti, GA, Jun. 2022 | \(4.7 \pm 2.3\) | 5 | \(0.51 \pm 0.20\) | 0.10 | \(0.08 \pm 0.04\) | 0.16 |
P. frontalis, SC, May 2020 | \(15.7 \pm 4.3\) | 10 | \(0.63 \pm 0.07\) | 0.87 | \(0.04 \pm 0.003\) | 0.13 |
P. frontalis, TN, Jun. 2021 | \(12.2 \pm 4.1\) | 10 | \(0.69 \pm 0.09\) | 0.87 | \(0.04 \pm 0.005\) | 0.13 |
P. knulli, AZ, Aug. 2021 | \(2.7 \pm 0.4\) | 3 | \(0.34 \pm 0.01\) | 0.32 | \(0.10 \pm 0.03\) | 0.20 |
P. knulli, AZ, Aug. 2022 | \(2.4 \pm 0.6\) | 3 | \(0.33 \pm 0.02\) | 0.32 | \(0.06 \pm 0.02\) | 0.20 |
P. obscurellus, MA, Jun. 2021 | \(2.4 \pm 0.6\) | 3 | \(0.39 \pm 0.05\) | 0.28 | \(0.21 \pm 0.05\) | 0.22 |
P. obscurellus, MA, Jun. 2022 | \(2.2 \pm 0.4\) | 3 | \(0.42 \pm 0.07\) | 0.28 | \(0.23 \pm 0.12\) | 0.22 |
