Firefly light is usually intermittent, and flashes in patterns that are unique to each species.

萤火虫的闪光通常是间歇性的模式，这种模式因具体种的不同而各异。

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The light comes from female firefly squids, which spawn in spring, then die and wash ashore.

这种光来自雌性萤火虫乌贼，它们在春天产卵，然后死亡，被冲到岸上。

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At hot summer nights, each firefly flashes its light in a pattern unique to its subspecies.

在炎热的夏夜，每只萤火虫都以其亚种特有的方式发光。

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He infuriated his wife by spending most of his paternity leave working on the new technology that used firefly enzymes to read DNA with light.

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