“These are often distasteful and sometimes poisonous to things that would eat them. “They tend to glow as a warning to predators,” explained Coppinger. When they glow in the larval stage, it serves as a warning.
It’s only in the last couple weeks of life that they grow wings and go looking for a mate. The firefly spends most of its one to two year lifespan as a glowing larvae. “It’s always sad in the summer when the fireflies start to disappear, but if you just wait a couple of months, you’ll see them again, in this form,” said Coppinger. Peter Coppinger looks forward to every October. It’s a sight that Rose Hulman Biologist Dr. You might not know that you can see them another form right now, known informally as “glow worms” or firefly larvae. ( WTHI) – Most of us “probably” think of a warm July night when it comes to spotting fireflies.
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