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Benefits of Fireflies

Benefits of Fireflies . By: Kevin Santiesteban Bladimir Owens. How we see them. Fireflies glow in the dark and everyone wants to catch one in a jar. We probably think that they will sting us. They look like stars in front of us. What do they eat?. Fireflies eat other insect larvae

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Benefits of Fireflies

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  1. Benefits of Fireflies By: Kevin Santiesteban Bladimir Owens

  2. How we see them • Fireflies glow in the dark and everyone wants to catch one in a jar. • We probably think that they will sting us. • They look like stars in front of us.

  3. What do they eat? • Fireflies eat other insect larvae • This helps in controlling the population of bugs that reproduce quickly • Ex. Mosquitos, flies etc.

  4. What you didn’t know? • Fireflies have a substance called luciferin which is used in cancer research and some heart disease, cystic fibrosis, and multiple sclerosis.

  5. Sources • http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-40_lightning_bug.htm • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=fireflies+at+night&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1024&bih=571&tbm=isch&tbnid=4nxwTJ1b93f5HM:&imgrefurl=http://www.alwaysrememberlipstick.com/%3Fp%3D84&docid=D2leEveod7DQYM&imgurl=http://www.alwaysrememberlipstick.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/fireflies.jpg&w=500&h=317&ei=RxUtULmzHoKCyAHS34GwBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=592&vpy=144&dur=687&hovh=179&hovw=282&tx=174&ty=103&sig=104862661888914091222&page=1&tbnh=112&tbnw=155&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:81 • http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/firefly/ • http://www.anapsid.org/fireflies.html

  6. How are they harmful ? • They are not harmful to humans but they are deadly to predators, such as two bearded dragons , because some dragons would eat these flying beetles contain, lucibufagins, steroidal pyrone, luciferin ,a protein, circulates through the insect's blood stream, making the entire insect ill to a wide variety of insects.

  7. Life span!!! • The average life span of fireflies its about 2 months, but that’s if they are living in the wild.

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