"As a result a small number of fireflies have adapted to life in the water and have become water-bred insects," says Chen Jen-chao, associate professor at the Pingtung Institute of Technology. Most insects breathe through their trachea, but water-bred larvae are like fish, and the skin has evolved gills.
「少部分螢火蟲因此慢慢適應水中生活，成為水生昆蟲」，屏東技術學院副教授陳仁昭說，大部分的昆蟲是以氣管呼吸，水生幼蟲則和魚類一樣，由皮膚演化成的腮呼吸。