Lampyris noctiluca
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Lampyris noctiluca, the common glowworm of Europe, is the type species of beetle in the genus Lampyris and the family Lampyridae.
Lampyridae Lampyris noctiluca
Female Lampyris noctiluca
Lampyris noctiluca – larva feeding
Larva feeding on snail – dorsal view
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
Lampyris noctiluca
…females are larviform, with no wings, and they are often twice the size of the males (up to 25 millimetres (1 in) in length). These beetles use their bioluminescence to attract mates. The adult females are mostly famed for their glow, although all stages of their life cycle are capable of glowing. In Britain, this…
Flying and glowing firefly, Photinus pyralis
Osamu Shimomura isolated the photoprotein aequorin and its cofactor coelenterazine from the crystal jelly Aequorea victoria in 1961.
Mycena chlorophos, a bioluminescent mushroom.