Video of a bioluminescent beetle Elateroideaīioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms.
The female of this species is a larviform and has no wings, unlike the male. Not to be confused with Iridescence, Structural coloration, or Phosphorescence.įlying and glowing firefly, Photinus pyralis Female glowworm, Lampyris noctiluca Male and female of the species Lampyris noctiluca mating.