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Foxfire, also called fairy fire and chimpanzee fire, [1] is the bioluminescence created by some species of fungi present in decaying wood. The bluish-green glow is attributed to a luciferase, an oxidative enzyme, which emits light as it reacts with a luciferin.
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Print publications George Washington Carver. "How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption" Archived December 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , Tuskegee Institute Experimental Station Bulletin 31.
Pyracantha (from Greek pyr "fire" and akanthos "thorn", hence firethorn) [1] is a genus of large, thorny evergreen shrubs in the family Rosaceae, with common names firethorn or pyracantha.
In environments where glow-worms are densely populated, cannibalism can also occur, as they may consume one another when resources are scarce. [31] The pupae can last as a food source for the larva for many day. Additionally, many adult glowworms get ensnared in the larval silk threads which are primarily designed for capturing prey. [30]
Vegetables, the second largest food group in many nutrition guides, come in a wide variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Food groups categorise foods for educational purposes, usually grouping together foods with similar nutritional properties or biological classifications. Food groups are often used in nutrition guides, although the number of ...
Many live in marshes or in wet, wooded areas where their larvae have abundant sources of food. While all known fireflies glow as larvae, only some species produce light in their adult stage, and the location of the light organ varies among species and between sexes of the same species.
Sedum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the grey chi moth. In particular, Sedum spathulifolium is the host plant of the endangered San Bruno elfin butterfly of San Mateo County, California .