FIRE FLY (Learn with Ishanputhra)

The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly during twilight, to attract mates.Fireflies, like bioluminescent species of fungus and marine life, owe their glow to a chemical called luciferin, which they have in cells in their abdomen. When the luciferin interacts with oxygen, a light is emitted, causing the belly of the firefly to glow.Adult fireflies, however, can turn the light both on and off; they can practice flash control. Years of accumulated evidence suggest strongly that flash control is essentially oxygen control. Certainly insects appear for several reasons uniquely suited to have evolved the ability to use oxygen as a control mechanism.

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