Glowworm vs Firefly - What's the difference?
glowworm | firefly |
The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
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Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.
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* 2007 , Lars Olof Björn, Helen Ghiradella, 23: Bioluminescence'', Lars Olof Björn (editor), ''Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light , Springer, 2nd Edition,
As nouns the difference between glowworm and firefly
is that glowworm is the larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families family: Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen while firefly is any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.glowworm
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(wikipedia glowworm)Alternative forms
* glow-wormNoun
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- The glow-worm ?hews the Matin to be near, / And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire: / Adieu, adieu, adieu! remember me.
See also
* fireflyfirefly
English
(wikipedia firefly) (Lampyridae)Noun
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- Fireflies' are the best-known insects that produce light.Many ' fireflies use their light to communicate, particularly at mating time when males and females have to get together.
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- The luciferins are different in different species and today both the luciferin and luciferase in the firefly are available in the crystalline form.
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- Various other luciferase genes, especially the firefly' luciferase gene, are also used for the study of gene regulation.The classic use of bioluminescence, however, is the use of a luciferin-luciferase mixture from ' fireflies as an assay for ATP.