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Flashing

Fireflies

by Laura Hamilton Waxman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Waxman, Laura Hamilton, author.

Title: Flashing fireflies / by Laura Hamilton Waxman.

Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2016] | Series: First step nonfiction. Backyard critters |

Audience: Ages 58. | Audience: K to grade 3. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015036117| ISBN 9781512408829 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512412215

(pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512410020 (eb pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: FirefliesJuvenile literature.

Classification: LCC QL596.L28 W39 2016 | DDC 595.76/44dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015036117

Manufactured in the United States of America

1 CG 7/15/16

Table of Contents

Firefly Bodies

Fireflies are brown or black

insects.

They have flat, oval bodies.

Fireflies have six legs.

They have two antennae.

Fireflies use their antennae

to smell, taste, and touch.

Fireflies have hard wing

covers.

Thin wings for flying are

below the covers.

Fireflies are not flies.

They are beetles.

Where to Find Fireflies

Fireflies often show up in

summer.

They live in warm, damp

places.

These yellow streaks

are flying fireflies.

Many fireflies live in tall

grass near water.

Fireflies climb up

grass to look around.

Food

No one knows for sure what

grown fireflies eat.

Most fireflies probably eat

food from flowers.

Some may eat nothing at

all.

Fireflies live for only a few days or

weeks. They need little to no food.

Young fireflies eat snails,

slugs, and small insects.

Snails like this one are a

common food for young fireflies.

They kill their food with a

shot of poison.

What Fireflies Do

Fireflies make light in their

abdomen.

They flash the light on and

off.

Other fireflies see the

flashing.

Fireflies start lighting up

after the sun goes down.

It tells fireflies where to find

one another.

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