Fireflies glow to do?

According to Professor Sara Lewis of the University of Tufts, Boston (USA), the glowing fireflies flickering during the summer night may be just a kind of fanfare about their appearance, like a brilliant tail. of male peacocks to attract attention from 'mates'.

Why are fireflies glowing?

This study has shown that sexual beauty shows not only in some species like birds, animals or humans, but even insects are no exception.

The glowing glow of the firefly's tail, which encounters oxygen, will glow but the light is very weak, so it will only be visible in the evening. Male fireflies have wings, female fireflies are not available. Therefore male fireflies glow to attract the enemy.

For example, male fireflies that gather fluorescent light longer will be able to find more successful partners and help their children breed more children.

According to Professor Sara Lewis, fireflies live as larvae for quite a long time (about two years). This stage is mainly for ' filling up the stomach ' and growing up. After that, fireflies fly up from the ground and spend two weeks with the purpose of "flirting" with the opposite sex and propagating seeds , before dying because of hunger.

In general, each firefly species has a different type of glow and glow time. The length of the glowing signal also relates to the amount of nutrient the male provides during mating and is then stored in the eggs of the female firefly.

When fireflies encounter night or dangerous birds, they will glow to warn , then give off an unpleasant smell, so spiders and bees, even if they see fireflies right next to them want to eat them.