WHAT DO FIREFLIES EAT?

Fireflies eat both animals and plant products, depending on their stage in life.
Firefly larva (lampyris noctiluca) attacking a snail
Firefly Larva
Firefly Larva

Fireflies eat both animals and plant products, depending on their stage in life. Adults feed on nectar or pollen, while others fast all their lives. The female lays its eggs in the ground, and the larvae feed on slugs and worms. The larvae immobilize their victims by injecting them with a numbing fluid.

The color of the color of light produced ranges from yellow to orange to green.
Firefly growing in the dark
scientists coated light emitting diodes (LED) with a surface similar to that of fireflies the LEDs produced 55% more light.
Fireflies in forest at night

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