CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What are the growth environment requirements of fireflies?

1. What are the living habits of fireflies?

Fireflies live in two main types of habitats: terrestrial and aquatic. They are generally terrestrial. Terrestrial fireflies live in places with high shelter, lush vegetation, and high relative humidity. Aquatic fireflies have higher requirements for the environment. The water cannot be polluted, nor can it be polluted by light.

2. What are the biological habits of fireflies?

1. Fireflies are mainly distributed in temperate, tropical and subtropical regions. There are more than 50 species found in my country, mainly concentrated in the southeastern coastal provinces.

2. Fireflies mainly rely on two ways of living: aquatic and terrestrial. The terrestrial ones are the majority, often hiding in places with lush vegetation, high altitudes, and high humidity. If they live in water, they have higher requirements for the environment, and the water must be pure and not polluted at all.

3. It takes a total of six transformations for a firefly to transform from a larva to a pupa. Young fireflies like to eat crustaceans and snails. They are first anesthetized by injecting liquid with a needle before decomposing their flesh.

4. In early spring, fireflies will start to crawl up the shore and then burrow into the soil. At this time, they will change their breathing method and emit light from both sides of their abdomen. In less than two months, they will transform from pupae to insects. However, the average lifespan is not long, basically only five days. Generally, fireflies are more active at sunset and will use light to transmit signals to each other.

3. In what ecological environment do fireflies appear?

Habitat:

Fireflies are divided into two major categories based on their living environment: terrestrial and aquatic, with the former accounting for the majority. Terrestrial firefly larvae mostly live in places with high shade, lush herbaceous vegetation, and high relative humidity. Aquatic fireflies have different ecological niches for each stage; the pupal stage is spent near the water. Adults are divided into males and females, living in open waters above the water and on plants near the water, and eggs are laid on the shore.

4. What kind of environment do fireflies like?

Fireflies only like natural environments with lush vegetation, clean water and fresh air.

5. What are the conditions for breeding fireflies?

The feeding device can be a wire cage or a glass bottle, but be sure to leave ventilation holes. You can also use a transparent plastic box, but also be sure to leave ventilation holes. It is best to use iron gauze as a cover. This kind of insect will not fight or bite each other, so multiple insects can be raised together. You can put some young locust leaves or freshly picked grass in the bottle, and cover the bottle mouth with plastic gauze, iron gauze or gauze. It is advisable to maintain a certain humidity in the bottle. You can sprinkle a little water every day, and spray some water before feeding the young grass or locust leaves.

After fireflies transform into adults, most species of fireflies hardly eat or drink, and often only eat dew, honeydew or pollen and nectar. In South America, a few species of firefly adults will glow and prey on other types of fireflies or small phototactic insects as food.

Additional information:

Firefly habits:

1. Fireflies love to eat the body fluids of snails. You can catch 1-2 live snails every 2-3 days and put them in the feeder for them to eat. If the feeder is a glass bottle or a transparent plastic box, you can observe them eating snails.

2. If you raise 10 to 25 fireflies in a bottle, you only need to provide 1 snail each time. If you raise more than 25 fireflies, you can put 2 snails each time. Fireflies can generally be raised for 15 to 20 days, and if they are well raised, they can live for 1 month.

3. Firefly larvae are terrestrial species, so they should be covered with fine nets to prevent them from escaping; a vegetable garden can be planted to raise snails for the larvae to prey on. For aquatic species, artificial rivers can be built to allow the water to circulate, and it would be best if there were artificial waterfalls to increase the amount of oxygen dissolved naturally.