Glowworm
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Glowworm is any member of various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common glow-worm and other members of the Lampyridae,
Phengodidae: Larva or larviform female of the western banded glowworm (Zarhipis integripennis)
Lampyridae: Female common glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca) from Assos, Turkey
Lampyridae: Male common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis) from Evansville, United States
Elateridae: Male headlight click beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus) from Jamaica
Bioluminescence
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Bioluminescence is the production of light by an organism as the result of a chemiluminescence reaction. It occurs in a wide variety of organisms, including marine vertebrates and invertebrates, terre
Glowworm
…Glowworm is any member of various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common glow-worm and other members of the Lampyridae, but bioluminescence also occurs in the families Elateridae, Phengodidae…
Flying and glowing firefly, Photinus pyralis
Female glowworm, Lampyris noctiluca
Osamu Shimomura isolated the photoprotein aequorin and its cofactor coelenterazine from the crystal jelly Aequorea victoria in 1961.
Mycena chlorophos, a bioluminescent mushroom.