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Definitions of fireflies in various dictionaries:
noun - tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
noun - nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
noun - a luminous insect
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| Entomologist Thomas Eisner helped decipher the flash code used by the femmes fatales of these insects |
| In the pyralis species of this, females respond to a male flash with a flash of their own 2 seconds later |
| Some frogs eat so many of these, also called lightning bugs, that they glow |
| They're also known as lightning bugs |
| The larvae & wingless females of these beetle species are called glowworms |
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| Plural form of firefly. |
| a soft-bodied beetle related to the glow-worm, the winged male and flightless female of which both have luminescent organs. The light is chiefly produced in flashes and typically functions as a signal between the sexes. |
| A soft-bodied beetle related to the glow-worm, the winged male and flightless female of which both have luminescent organs. The light is chiefly produced in flashes and typically functions as a signal between the sexes. |
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The Lampyridae are a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous use of bioluminescence during twilight to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies. This chemically produced light from the lower abdomen may be yellow, green, or pale red, with wavelengths from 510 to 670 nanometers. The eastern US is home to the species Phausis reticulata, which emits a steady blue light. * About 2,100 species of fireflies are found in temperate and tropical climates. Many are in marshes or in wet, wooded areas where their larvae have abundant sources of food. Some species are called "glowworms" in Eurasia and elsewhere. The form of the insect which emits light varies from species to species. Sometimes it is the larvae which emit light, sometimes a larviform female, sometimes the eggs emit light. (In the glow worm found in the UK, Lampyris noctiluca, |