2006-06-13 14:47:41 · 17 answers · asked by angsstarliht 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
CLASSIFICATION
Lightning Bugs are the same as Fireflies. They are members of a particular family of the Beetle Order. The Firefly Family is technically known as the Lampyridae.
WHAT DO LIGHTNING BUGS EAT?
Lightning Bug larva
Lightning Bug larvae live on the ground, under bark, and in moist swampy places. They eat earthworms, snails and slugs, plus they may scavenge certain small dead animals and other organic material . They have been seen following slime trails to their victims. Lightning Bug larvae, one of which is shown at the right, have sickle-shaped mandibles with which they can inject a kind of chemical that paralyzes their prey and helps digest it. Several larvae have been seen attacking large prey together.
Adult Lightning Bugs, who can live for several months, probably feed on plant nectar. A few adult Lightning Bug species practice an especially tricky kind of cannibalism. Already-mated females emit flashes similar to the female responses to male Lightning Bugs of other species. When the male of the other species lands, the female emitting the false flashes pounces on the poor male and eats him!
2006-06-13 14:57:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
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What do lightning bugs eat?
2015-08-18 22:48:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they are still larvae and don't have wings they eat earthworms, snails, slugs, and sometimes small dead animals.
Grownup lightening bugs eat nectar or pollen or, since they don't live long, nothing at all. (Also some species of adult lightning bugs eat other lightning bugs.)
2006-06-13 15:07:29 · answer #5 · answered by blue glass 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As for the eating habits of fireflies: no one is really sure. Some report that adults don't eat at all, others believe that they feed on nectar and pollen. Female fireflies lay eggs in the soil. Four weeks later larvae are born. These larvae feed on slugs and snails over the summer, spend the winter in underground tunnels and emerge in the spring to eat again and transform into glowing bugs.
2006-06-13 14:56:25 · answer #6 · answered by Blue 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thunder bugs
2006-06-13 14:51:45 · answer #7 · answered by partygirl 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was going to give a serious answer but no one else is so I'm going to say white lightning.
2006-06-13 14:52:21 · answer #8 · answered by Iron Rider 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When they are young they eat small pests, when they are mature, they are busy finding mate, so some scientists said they do not eat anything during the mate season.
2006-06-13 14:52:46 · answer #9 · answered by Bill 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
probably plants of some kind or really really tiny bugs
and why does everyone call them lightening bugs anyway?
2006-06-13 14:52:15 · answer #10 · answered by blankstate 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋