Just in time from early June until well into July, there Glühwürmcheninvasion. The worms, even fireflies or shimmering green lantern called, penetrate through the cracks and openings in the house to get the local light sources to approach light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, computer screens, emergency lights, halogen lamps and LEDs their undoing, and I do not like about the shimmering purple, think of themselves giving Brutzellaute insect killers of my neighbors ...
I've got our hands full, the guys lost again to pick up and throw out the window. This work, I'm going for hours. But there is only damage limitation, because the guys there are actually male, are convinced that all the artificial light sources are gravid females, Leuchtkäferinnnen, Glühwürmelinnen and green shimmering Laternchinnen.
The plucky aviators are similar Seen in daylight rather unattractive fellow, yellowish larvae with brown wings, but at night they become light bringers of light and investigators do, look at you and light - but oh woe! Fortunately, they know full search and Lichtgwissheit desire, is not how difficult it will be ...
The flying meteors are looking for, occupied by two large light panels on the lower body rings, their counterparts, their Sternschnüppelinnen. In order for the nuptial flight may not be in vain, these are equally equipped with eleven illumination points, four equally to each side and three on the lower body rings, an Leuchtpopochen. The Glühwürmelinnen send their unique light signals from the ground to the sky, it's almost like a glittering spark, a rising and falling light signal. Thus, the present on the ventral side light spots can be seen well, they lie down as a precaution on his back and stretch their Fühlerchen brave in the air. And they hardly look like a firefly is approaching, they make almost a head stand, lift the pan and abdomen him like a lantern back and forth. But alas, they do not know that the Firefly is currently navigating to a computer screen.
Biologists call the mysterious fluorescent Lucerin, it forms the upper layer of the filament. Underneath a layer of cells, the tiny crystals is incorporated and has therefore like a mirror reflects. Triggered, the lights from nervous excitement, which was to be expected, under the action of oxygen to oxidize Lucerin Oxylucerin, which was to be expected. Of the energy generated thereby at least 92% is converted into light - this is truly fantastic. A light bulb can eg only a small percentage of their energy supplied to transform into light, about 5%, the rest of our homes warm and reduce heating costs in winter.
It gives me an inexplicable wonder that - despite everything - every year from the first time in June fireflies are back. Even though I for weeks in the morning went out from exhaustion on the floor fallen Lichtsucher as solidified, collect dead lying on his back, small, flour-yellow mummies and must rid myself of the thought can not believe that this small light-bringer and light detector are similar to a very specific kind of man.
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