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Trick or Treat Month: Creepy Crawlies with Lulu Miller!

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Rail Road Worms - Are They for Mating?

Rail road worms are the larval form of multiple genera of Brazilian beetles. They use luciferin and luciferase like fireflies to do their bioluminescing. Adult females also seem to glow while protecting their eggs. Are those slime jets mostly for mating, murdering or misleading?

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