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Fireflies (Insect)
Fireflies (also called lightning bugs) are a subspecies of beetles, and are known for producing a chemically-induced light on their lower abdomen. They utilize the light to attract their mate.
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What is an insect that looks like part bee and part lightning bug?
The male lightning bugs are the only ones who flash, so that's a good tell. The males will also have yellow stripes running down the length of the back. The females are black except for pink trim around the head.
How do lightning bugs have babies?
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What do fire flies and lightning bugs eat?
fire flys eat grass lots of lots of grass i had a fire fly once and i always feed them grass and some water and they survive its cool leran more a bout it its intresting and cool evey time i mistaken a fire fly with a grass hoper its weird i know
Why are there no lightning bugs in the west?
there are less lightning bugs, because of habitat destruction and light pollution. light pollution is where there is to much artificial lights outside. The artificial lights mess up their signals and they can't find mates. Also, lightning bugs need a good bit of water and tree litter to have babies and survive. Humans are destroying all of the lightning bug habitats.
I sold lightning bugs as a child 1976-1979. I do not remember who I sold them to, but here is the process. I was sent a container with a drying agent in the bottom. I would catch the bugs with a net that I purchased from the company and store the bugs in the refrigerator until I had enough to mail off. I would count the bugs put the total on a form, insert it into the container and mail them off at my expense. I would receive a check for the bugs (1 cent per bug) along with reimbursement for the postage. The company also had plans to build a jar enclosure that was similar to a wasp trap. The lightning bugs would fly into the jar and become trapped. I did use this method.
What makes fireflies and glow worms luminescent?
They glow due to a chemical reaction in their body. The link at the bottom of this page will take you to a good article on fireflies.
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Fireflies glow because they have different chemicals in their bodies. When combined, there's a chemical reaction and they glow.
To be more specific, cells in the firefly's abdomen produce luciferin and that creates luciferase, an enzyme. The luciferin combines with oxygen and forms oxyluciferin, which is inactive, but luciferase speeds up the reactions. Luciferin combines with ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and luciferyl adenylate and PP(pyrophosphate) are produced.
Oxygen and luciferyl adenylate mix to produce oxyluciferin and AMP (adenosine monophosphate). Finally, it starts to glow.
There are also uric acid crystals produced by the abdominal cells that help the light reflect away.
Read more: How_do_fireflies_glow
Is there a difference between a lightning bug and a firefly?
Actually there is no difference between lighting bugs and fireflys. People call the little beetles differently depending on the area of which people live.
I remember seeing them just after sunset, until Mom said that it was bed time. She usually gave us 30-45 minutes to chase them. Unfortunately, the mosquitoes are at their worst at this time, too.
Fireflies dont drink anything as they only live about 3 or 4 days just long enough to mate and die. The eggs hatch and the fireflies becme a grubworm that lives underground for years. Then they emerge as fireflies and the cycle repeats.
What is 'lightning bug' in Portuguese?
"Vaga-lume" or "Pirilampo" may be Portuguese equivalents of "lightning bug" (Lampyridae family).
The masculine noun "vaga-lume" conveys an image of a "roaming light." Its singular definite article is "o" ("the"), and its singular indefinite article "um" ("a, one"). The masculine noun "pirilampo" is formed from the Greek words "pyris" and "lampis," which respectively mean "heat" and "light."
The pronunciation of each of the two choices is respectively "VAH-guh-LOO-mee" and "PEE-ree-LAHM-poo."
