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First published online June 7, 2004
Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 2373-2378 (2004)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2004
doi: 10.1242/jeb.01044

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Colour vision in the glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca (L.) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): evidence for a green-blue chromatic mechanism

David Booth^*, Alan J. A. Stewart and Daniel Osorio

Sussex Centre for Neuroscience and School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Emission spectra (with arbitrary spectroradiometer photon units on y axis) of light stimuli used in behavioural experiments, with absolute values (cd m-2 at 555 nm) for comparison. (A) Green LED stimulus G1 (a), green LED stimulus G2 (b) and female bioluminescent emission (c). (B) Green (G2) with blue. (C) Green (G2) with red.

View larger version (69K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. (A) Vertical (transverse) section through left eye of male glow-worm. Co, cornea; CC, crystalline cones; Cz, clear zone (with pigment granules); Pp, photoreceptor layer; Mb, basement membrane. (B) Horizontal (longitudinal) section through left eye, X–X' marks approximate plane of vertical section, arrow indicates front.