Turn on your love light.
Looking for love in all the wrong places? Great pic! I spent one summer working at the US Naval Weapons Lab in Dahlgren, Virginia, catching fireflies for an experiment utilizing their tail chemicals.
Davethehiker wrote:
Hanging on my window.
Great shot....I haven't seen one in over 50 years.... Don't have them where I live now.
Thanks for sharing.
BlueMorel wrote:
Looking for love in all the wrong places? Great pic! I spent one summer working at the US Naval Weapons Lab in Dahlgren, Virginia, catching fireflies for an experiment utilizing their tail chemicals.
Sounds like a great job. I spent many happy childhood summers running around shirtless with my body smeared with their glowing tails.
Nice shot. I still see them but not like when I was a child.
kpmac wrote:
Nice shot. I still see them but not like when I was a child.
I'm lucky. I live in the country woods on a hill top in Pennsylvania. It's a low key, silent fire works display every summer night. They compete with the stars in the night sky.
vicksart
Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country
Used to try to fill jars with these. This shot brought back memories of fun summers in another world.
vicksart wrote:
Used to try to fill jars with these. This shot brought back memories of fun summers in another world.
"The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there!" L. P. Hartley
vicksart wrote:
Used to try to fill jars with these. This shot brought back memories of fun summers in another world.
You too? I would take my jar full of lighting bugs to bed with me. I would then pull the blankets up over my head and try to read comic books by the light. LOL
The daughter and I used to catch many of these little fellows. One night they escaped from the jar and were all over the house. The point here is, not too many years ago my daughter and I were chatting about that night. I told her why the insects really lighted up. She said, oh dad, thanks a lot, you ruined one of my childhood fond memories. Oh well so much for science.
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