... bioluminescence in Arachnocampa ; however, results show that it acts directly on the light organ and does not act as an anaesthetic. Glow-worm Anaesthesia Fungus gnat Light organ Photocyte Bioluminescence, the emission of visible light by a living organism as a result of a chemical reaction...

...David Booth; Alan J. A. Stewart; Daniel Osorio SUMMARY Male glow-worms Lampyris noctiluca find their bioluminescent mates at night by phototaxis. There is good evidence that location of mates by lampyrid beetles is achieved by a single spectral class of photoreceptor,whose spectral sensitivity...