Kentucky Christmas trees?

[Freedom]

This morning, I walked the dogs w/ a friend who'd been to Gettysburg over the 4th for the reenactment. Did I hear about Gettysburg? The Reenactment? The drive? The scenery. Nope, first thing I heard about was the awesome fireflies!

I'd not heard about this before, so it was all news to me. Now I come on here, and you tell me another Firefly story. It does sound magical!

She was told that different species will blink at different rates. Some females will adopt a foreign species blink rate and, when the male arrives, she bites off his head!

[happylabs]

This morning, I walked the dogs w/ a friend who'd been to Gettysburg over the 4th for the reenactment. Did I hear about Gettysburg? The Reenactment? The drive? The scenery. Nope, first thing I heard about was the awesome fireflies!

I'd not heard about this before, so it was all news to me. Now I come on here, and you tell me another Firefly story. It does sound magical!

She was told that different species will blink at different rates. Some females will adopt a foreign species blink rate and, when the male arrives, she bites off his head!

I wonder if I could videotape the lightning bugs coming out at night. It would be pretty cool. I imagine there are already some on YouTube but I can't access that website at work.

[Freedom]

I imagine there are already some on YouTube but I can't access that website at work.

Ask and you shall receive! I hadn't thought of looking on there!


Love the music on this one - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr4MQ7vZrkM

[krazyaboutkatz]

I haven't seen lightening bugs in years. Me and my brothers used to love catching them and putting them in jars. I grew up in both PA and SC. This thread brings back some wonderful childhood memories. Thanks Richard.

[wombat2u2004]

Wow, cool bananas.
I've never seen them....only something similar that live in caves I used to see on my spelunking trips.
I suppose they are not the same tho.....a bit the same.

[RICHARD]

Wow, cool bananas.
I've never seen them....only something similar that live in caves I used to see on my spelunking trips.
I suppose they are not the same tho.....a bit the same.

The absolute best part?

To be able to stand amongst them while the rise up from the ground.

I have mowed the back lawn a few times and now I can navigate the area w/o tripping on the tufts of grass in the dark.

I have found myself looking for excuses to go outdoors, after dark, to stand out there for a few minutes.

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The first time I did that was a little unreal.

As you try and focus on them rising up from the grass, you lose your sense of balance! I guess it's a spatial thing that got thrown off inside my head-but that - along with the idea that I was seeing something that I had only heard about in books and in movies was quite a rush.

Yes, you do want to run about and catch one- just to see what they look like up close...I guess that will have to wait until I get over the rush of seeing something I really wasn't prepared for.

(My next science project is to find out what are those freaking noisy insects in the trees!)

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I'm seeing less and less of them every year for some reason, but I had one on my window just the other night. I read somewhere that toads love them and will eat them until their tummies glow.