When we we walk to Bartist (where Dad had his concert) up the road we see alot of fireflies, so I thought I might do a blog about them. When we were walking up there we came around a bend and in a tree was what looked like X-mas lights, but they were fireflies. So now I’m going to start my blog.
Fireflies are brown, soft and their front wings are more leathery than most insects.
The most commonly known firefly is nocturnal and lay their eggs just below the surface of the ground and slowly the larvae move into caves and become glowworms.
While the larvae move into the cave they feed on other larvae like slugs and snails while the adults feed on plant pollen or necter.
Random fact number 1.
Some fireflies have no mouths.
The light that comes from fireflies is a chemical reaction in its lower abdomen and it is made by the lower intestines of the firefly.
Some fireflies have a skinny part of there body that can spray toxic or distastful chemicals at their predators.
Fireflies interact with their mates by giving them a steady glow, flashing, or the use of chemical reaction signals.
The fireflies of the tropical islands in south east Asia like the ones we saw syncronise their flashs when they are in large groups.
Another firefly will copy the mating call of the other fireflies to attract the males over and then eat them for a midnight snack.
I think fireflies are pretty cool except for the ones that will eat the ” lighting up ” midnight snack for a special price at New World supermarket….hahaha!!!
BON VOYAGE , blink, blink
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Lukoia Coffey over and out.