Monday, April 27, 2009
star light, star bright, first... firefly I see tonight?
Jon and I decided to walk to the grocery store tonight, and on the way back we saw a flicker of a green light on the ground to our right. We stopped, asked each other if we had seen what we had seen, and upon confirmation, waited to see it again. It was a little pulsing, intense green light. I took a picture with the flash, but could barely make out the little guy. I looked up "glowing bugs" when we got back to find out that it was indeed a firefly. How cool is that? Too bad it wasn't flying, like the ones I saw on Tokashiki, but, there will be other days to see those again!
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If you want to learn more about why a firefly lights up: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.learner.org/jnorth/images/graphics/f-g/firefly_Purdue.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/spring/FireflyBiolum.html&usg=__huQ-5vuyS_WoAXEmBG9479ibNB8=&h=800&w=942&sz=515&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=FbpSq1H0KBw_-M:&tbnh=126&tbnw=148&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfirefly%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DmIn%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1
Back in Missouri we called them lightening bugs, and they glowed a soft yellow color.
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