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What causes the tails of lightning bugs or fireflys to glow,or flicker the way that they do ?

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It's just out of plain curiousity, i've always wondered this but have just gotten around to asking.

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  1. a chemical reaction


  2. I always wondered that too

  3. It is the oxidation of a substance called luciferin.  It is controlled by Lampyridae through the control of air supply to light-producing organs.
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