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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🪲✨ #Fireflies are actually bioluminescent #beetles, not #flies.
Entomologist Clyde Sorenson from #NorthCarolina State University explains that #larvae glow to warn #predators of their #toxic taste, while #adults use species-specific flash patterns as a #mating ritual, with some predatory “femme fatale” fireflies mimicking other species’ signals to lure and eat males.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/why-fireflies-glow/
#bioluminescence #insects #lightningbugs #nature #science #entomology #wildlife #animals #biology #luciferin #summer