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 Lampyris noctiluca

The larval European Glowworm, Lampyris noctiluca (left) has been shown to emit light from all its body segments (right), not just the posterior lantern. Syngene gel-imaging system, bioluminescence recorded over 43 minutes. Copyright Laurence Tisi, Institute of biotehcnology, Cambridge, UK (lct11@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk).

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