Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots.
Sinônimos
Examples for "firefly"
Examples for "firefly"
1For a second time, he heard the echoing voice of the firefly.
2A good deal has been said of the firefly and of phosphorescence.
3I peered in the jar and sure enough, a firefly it was.
4No, no; I've seen many a glow-worm and firefly-nothingof that sort.
5She followed the firefly, which, like herself, was seeking the way out.
1It was like a swarm of autumn fire beetles in feeding frenzy, amplified for some bug's-eye experia documentary.
2That evening at dark he gathered several handfuls of the great fire beetles and put them in his lantern.
3Fire beetles from the genus Melanophila depend on fire for reproduction, as their larvae develop in the wood of burned trees.
Translations for Pyrophorus noctiluca