Abstract:This article concerns the public dissemination of various aspects of the biology, chemistry, ecology and technology of three families of bioluminescent insects of the order Coleoptera, commonly named beetles: Lampyridae, fireflies; Elateridae, click-beetles; and Phengodidae, railroad worms. We embrace here their occurrence in theà B azilia à e ados ,à fieldà ehavio à a dà la o ato à o se vatio s,à he i alà mechanisms of color modulation, the cooperation between Luciferase and superoxide dismutase to regulate t… Show more
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