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http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/06/long-exposure-photographs-of-fireflies-in-the-forests-of-nagoya-city-by-yume-cyan/
I love these photos
Do you have fireflies where you live?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)marzipanni
(6,011 posts)in Massachusetts.
I was visiting almost 19 years ago and my brother and I were walking in the early summer night with my son, who was not yet a year old, on roads through the hilly woods. We heard funny sounds coming from the woods that sounded like a soft, repeating Donald Duck quack. My brother and I were making the sound back at them and laughing.
My brothers told me the sound was coming from some kind of large white tree cricket. I'll have to ask the naturalist brother again what they were; the only tree crickets I found on the internet make a high sound.
Skip Intro
(19,768 posts)Oh, to be out there.
mnhtnbb
(31,415 posts)These are cool shots.
onestepforward
(3,691 posts)but that was almost 25 years ago. Sadly, I haven't seen any since.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)If I remember correctly, it was at Armand Bayou where I saw them----and that was the only time I saw fireflies in the Houston area for the 14 years I lived there.
brer cat
(24,646 posts)Thanks for sharing. We have fireflies (North GA) who make the early evening so special.
onestepforward
(3,691 posts)I used to see them as a child when visiting my grandparents in Tennessee. They were truly magical
Ino
(3,366 posts)Yes, I'm lucky to live with fireflies
onestepforward
(3,691 posts)You're very fortunate to have them!
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)dr.strangelove
(4,851 posts)My kids are doing the same thing. They catch fireflies (we call them lightening bugs) and put them in jars with holes in the lids. After you get 8 or 10 in one jar, the lighting sometimes syncs and its amazing to watch. We are a "catch and release" family. After about 20 - 30 minutes, the kids grow tired and we open up the jar. My son always puts in some dirt, grass and leaves in case they want to "play while in the jar."
Thanks for the pics and link, these are very cool.
onestepforward
(3,691 posts)That's sweet
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)...that when they die on your windshield, they leave a prism-like rainbow of innards...????
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alfredo
(60,082 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,368 posts)Yes, we have them here, but midwesterners seem to prefer to call them "lightning bugs". Back east, they were always "fireflies".
alfredo
(60,082 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,368 posts)Now I kind of want to see a map of the distribution of the two names.
alfredo
(60,082 posts)kag
(4,079 posts)My son is heading to college next year and wants to study linguistics. He may have already found this, but I can't wait to show it to him, just in case he hasn't. Thanks for posting.
alfredo
(60,082 posts)Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)It is like you can pull anything out of your butt in the blink of an eye. Very interesting site.
alfredo
(60,082 posts)I typed in "firefly or lightning bug." It showed "Firefly or Lightning bug dialect" as an option. I took that option.
I've been online since the days of 28.8k dial ups.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)You certainly have it figured out. (And I always thought that I was competent at searches!)
alfredo
(60,082 posts)helped teach me how to Google. Fact bombing really pisses off the Ditto heads and other right wingers.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Thanks for posting it!
I haven't seen any since I was a kid visiting my cousins in Maryland. Spent many summer evenings catching and putting them in jars. Their house was on a sparsely populated road in Pasadena but that was 40+ years ago. The last time I was up there (3~4 years ago) it was built up a little more and I didn't see any fireflies.
Dale Neiburg
(698 posts)I live just outside Laurel, about 10 miles west of Pasadena. For a few years we had very few fireflies and I was afraid development had been too much for them. But the last two years the display has been amazing!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I need to go visit the cousins soon.
northoftheborder
(7,575 posts)i wish I could have a copy of the top one. the light in the background sets the stage for the show!
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)I do not know what I was expecting. These are artwork. WOW Spectacular. Thank you over and over for the post. I lived in places with fireflies when growing up but now, no, and I miss them.
CrispyQ
(36,557 posts)Thanks for sharing these delightful photos!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)why I miss Ohio.
A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)We have lightning bugs where I live (Kentucky) but I've never seen them photographed like that.
Duppers
(28,132 posts)Synchronous Fireflies in the Great Smoky Mtn NP.
http://www.recreation.gov/tourParkDetail.do?contractCode=NRSO&parkId=72413
Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)only lightning bugs .
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)lame54
(35,345 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)when I moved to Texas.
dem in texas
(2,674 posts)We have fireflies or lightning bugs as we call them down here. Not a lot like it was when I was a kid, but at dusk, they come out the hedges and start flitting around the yard. So pretty. By the way, I have not used any pesticides or herbicides in my yard, garden or grass for over 25 years. I think this makes a difference. I have also seen a Texas Horned toad in my garden two times, one time a few weeks ago. The "horny toad" is supposed to be gone from North Texas. Their primary source of food is ants and with everyone putting out Andro to kill the ants, this has been the death knell of the little toads.
BumRushDaShow
(129,950 posts)From Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"
Yup, we have them here in Philly and we call 'em "lightning bugs".
The compound that makes them glow -
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I go an sit outside facing a field on summer nights just to watch them. Fourth of July is about peak time, and they are my fireworks. We called them lightning bugs.
That first picture is my favorite of the fireflies, but the third one has nice perspective.
AllenVanAllen
(3,134 posts)I'm onestepforward's husband and I wasn't sure this was the right place to even mention it but she passed away on Thursday. I'll do a more formal post about her this weekend. Terri loved her DU family so much she was always so happy when one her threads would make it to Cool or Greatest. So thank you for all the love, kindness, learning and joy you've given her throughout the years. I know for a fact she LOVED all of you so, so much.
Don't forget to love one another today and be as kind and forgiving to yourself and everyone you know because all our hearts depend on it. Thank you.
AllyCat
(16,260 posts)myrna minx
(22,772 posts)marions ghost
(19,841 posts)May you find peace AllanVanAllan --it's obvious your bond with Terri was strong. Sometimes people leave us abruptly and we have no power to stop it. The world can change in an instant.
We are as fragile and momentary as fireflies. If only people would live in the realization of that fact.
Thank you for remembering her here. Very appropriate. Love is all.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Thank you for sharing this here. Much love to you.
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)G_j
(40,372 posts)this is a great loss to us too.
Iggo
(47,591 posts)CrispyQ
(36,557 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)If you ever visit PAM, be sure to see it!!!
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Awesome work, along with Jean Leon-Gerome's Thumb's Down:
Kaleva
(36,395 posts)WheelWalker
(8,956 posts)marzipanni
(6,011 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)FourScore
(9,704 posts)progressoid
(50,013 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Sweet Freedom
(3,995 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)_/\_
ailsagirl
(22,906 posts)At least, I've never heard tell of any.
Exquisite photos!!
countryjake
(8,554 posts)Peace to you, onestepforward