There are so many myths about the glowing of glow flies at night...but excavating to its chemistry 1 sees themselves in a extraordinary shelf of the subject...the glowing is due to the presence of a chemical called luciferin(light-bringer) in the guts of these flies which gets oxidized in the presence of O2 to oxyluciferin nd energy in the form of light in the presence of luciferase enzyme..the light produced is known as cold light as it doesn't contain any infrared or uv components...its efficiency is almost 100% while the most efficientiancy of a most efficient LED light is just only about 22%...see that when nature does it,it does it in style............the glowing has so many uses from catching preys to attracting mates... structure of fire fly luciferin is as follows.......
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