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1. What are fireflies so special about?

Fireflies are carnivorous creatures. In the larval stage, they mainly eat snails, snails and shellfish. Although the larvae of fireflies are small, they are very courageous and dare to compete with snails until they eat them. This is because they have a unique "martial arts". When the larvae find a snail, they first prick the snail with their needle-like mouths. After giving the snail an "anesthetic injection", the firefly can spray a toxin to paralyze the snail. Then, they will inject a digestive enzyme into the snail until the snail meat is turned into a thin and delicious gravy. Then they will call their companions, surround the snail, and insert their needle-like mouths into the snail meat to suck the gravy. After the larvae become adults, they no longer hunt, but only drink some dew or collect some nectar until they starve to death.

Fireflies are divided into two categories based on their living environment: terrestrial and aquatic, with the former accounting for the majority. Terrestrial fireflies mostly live in places with high shade, lush vegetation, and high relative humidity, while aquatic fireflies have higher requirements for the environment, and the water cannot be polluted or light polluted. Firefly larvae are also divided into aquatic and terrestrial types, and generally need to metamorphose 6 times before entering the pupal stage. The terrestrial mountain window firefly larvae and the two-color pendulous larvae with black and white stripes on the whole body that are often found in the grass have two glowing spots on their tails. The wings of the grown females of these two species are degenerate and are not much different from the larvae in shape, and only the males can fly.

Fireflies glow at night because they have a luminescent cell in their body. The luminescent cell contains a chemical substance called luciferin. When luciferin encounters luciferase, it consumes ATP and reacts with oxygen to produce light. Different fireflies have different durations of light, some lasting less than a second, and some lasting for several minutes.

2. Where do fireflies live?

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.

3. Where do fireflies usually appear?

Fireflies like to live in humid, watery, and weedy places, especially on the banks of streams and rivers.

There are more than 2,000 species of fireflies in the world. Most of them appear by rivers, ponds, and farmlands in the summer, and their activities generally do not leave water sources.

Fireflies are divided into two categories according to their living environment: terrestrial and aquatic. The former accounts for the majority. Terrestrial fireflies mostly live in places with high shade, lush vegetation, and high relative humidity, while aquatic fireflies have higher requirements for the environment, and the water cannot be polluted or light polluted.

4. How do fireflies learn about life?

Fireflies are divided into two categories according to their living environment: terrestrial and aquatic, with the former accounting for the majority.

Terrestrial fireflies mostly live in places with high shade, lush vegetation and high relative humidity. Aquatic fireflies have higher requirements for the environment. The water cannot be polluted by pollution or light.

Firefly larvae are also divided into two types: aquatic and terrestrial. They generally need to undergo six metamorphosis before entering the pupal stage.

The two glowing spots on the tails of the terrestrial mountain fireflies and the bicolor fireflies with black and white glowing bodies are often found in the grass. The wings of the grown females of these two species are degenerate and are not much different in shape from the larvae, while the males can fly.

5. In which months can fireflies reproduce?

Fireflies reproduce by laying eggs; they undergo complete metamorphosis, going through four stages in their life: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Aquatic fireflies usually complete one generation in four months, and have two generations in a year.

Land fireflies can complete one generation in one year. The larvae need to go through 6 moltings from egg hatching to pupation. The pupal period varies depending on the species, and the longest can be more than 40 days. The lifespan of adults in the wild is generally 3-7 days, but there are also some that can live as long as 20-30 days.

Fireflies are divided into two categories according to 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, while aquatic fireflies have different ecological niches for each stage; the pupal stage is spent near water.

Adults are divided into males and females. They live in open waters above the water and on plants near the water. Their eggs are laid on the shore.