Adults return to the soil; cocoons await new births: The female of the "Taiwan window firefly," a land-bred species, lacks even wings. Thus the male must follow the light to its source to search for a mate.
成螢歸塵土，新蛹待重生台灣陸生螢火蟲「台灣窗螢」，雌螢更連翅膀都沒有，由雄螢循著光源來找尋另一半。