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Firefly

The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,400 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous emission of light, mainly during twilight, to attract mates. The type species is Lampyris noctiluca, the common glow-worm of…

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Firefly

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Light and chemical production · 27
Firefly → Adult, Adults, Alabd-B, AlUnc-4, Aquatica, ATP, Chemical, During, Early, Eastern US, Fireflies, Flash, Gene, In, Light, Oxygen, Photinus, Photuris, Purkinje, Pyractomena
related to External links · 15
Firefly → An, AustriaFireflyExperience, Boston, ChinaNCBI, DisappearanceFirefly, European, Fireflies, Information About Firefly Insect, Lightning Bug Facts, Lightning Bugs, Luminous Photography, Pictures, Science, Understanding FirefliesVideo, Videos
related to Conservation · 14
Firefly → Asia, Europe, Fireflies, Light, Like, North American, Pesticides, Recent IUCN Red List, Recommendations, Researchers, Since, These, US, While
related to Taxonomy · 13
Firefly → Americas, Arachnocampa, Australia, Coleoptera, Coleopteran, Diptera, European, In, Lampyridae, Lampyris, New Zealand, Phengodidae, The
related to Biology · 9
Firefly → Aquatica, At, Ellychnia, Fireflies, In, Most, Some, The, They
related to In culture · 9
Firefly → Canto XXVI, Dante's Inferno, Fireflies, Hotarumaru, In Italy, In Japan, Italian, Japanese, The Japanese

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fireflies species light larvae many adult flash males family females photuris use signals female glow lampyridae signal chemical photinus adults

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antennaeinstance ofand features0.80text
the dimly glowinginstance ofSome species0.80text
Lampyris noctilucainstance ofThe term glowworm is used for both adults and larvae of firefly species0.80text
the common European glowworminstance ofThe term glowworm is used for both adults and larvae of firefly species0.80text
in which only the nonflying adult females glow brightlyinstance ofThe term glowworm is used for both adults and larvae of firefly species0.80text
Fireflyrelated to BiologyFireflies0.60section
Fireflyrelated to BiologyThe0.60section
Fireflyrelated to BiologyIn0.60section
Fireflyrelated to BiologyAquatica0.60section
Fireflyrelated to BiologyMost0.60section
Fireflyrelated to BiologySome0.60section
Fireflyrelated to BiologyThey0.60section

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