One of my favorite things about Summertime in Arkansas are the lightening bugs. If you've never had a chance to sit outside on your porch and watch the fireflies appear while the sun sets, you are truly missing out on a neat experience.
I tried to catch them on video, but only about 1/3 of them showed up on film because it was so dark outside by the time I thought to grab my camera. The buzzing noise is a ucombination of crickets and cidadas chirping. By the end of July the locusts come out too, and it is as loud as a buzzing alarm clock outside! That gets annoying, but the lightening bugs are pretty cool to watch. I only wish you could see them all. Enjoy a little taste of our Summer!
PS- if you squish one in your hand, your skin does glow. If you catch one in a jar it will NOT light up! So annoying, and not like the cartoons and books at all. You lie, Disney! Also, fireflies are more like a moth, not a fly...which is probably why they call them lightening bugs here where they actually have them and know what they look like.
Goodbye Butterflies
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6 comments:
haha, I just watched the tiny version of the video that is posted and you can't see ANYthing! oh well. You will just have to come visit.
i saw like 3 little blinks in the very beginning...i am sad about the jar thing, i wish you hadn't RUINED that fantasy for me...sigh.
Meg, we use to fill jars full of them and they did glow! Did you punch holes in the lids? Use an ice pick. I do love that we have them here. When we smeared them, we did on our ears and fingers...for jewelry. Good memories :)
no we didn't poke holes. thanks, I feel better!
jewelery...hahaha
Jimmie got so excited the other night when he saw the first fireflies! The things you miss growing up in the West...
lol at the tiny video, but I did see one! Pretty cool!
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