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06-15-2009, 10:54 PM
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This'll sound corny, but I don't care...
When I was a kid, for some reason, fireflies reminded me of Walt Disney movies...just kind of magical, surreal. I love 'em.
I've always had a lot around here out in the country, but they seem more plentiful to me this year.
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06-16-2009, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by skinem
This'll sound corny, but I don't care...
When I was a kid, for some reason, fireflies reminded me of Walt Disney movies...just kind of magical, surreal. I love 'em.
I've always had a lot around here out in the country, but they seem more plentiful to me this year.
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It's not corny... their is magic when the fire flies are out... just ask a child. |
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06-16-2009, 07:56 PM
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I agree! They look like 'fairy sparkles'.  |
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06-16-2009, 09:19 PM
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They were discovered in the early 1990s and confirmed in 1995. There is one other place that has the synchronized lightning bugs: Congaree National Park, in South Carolina.
They usually stop sometime just before the summer solstice, so they should be winding down. I have yet to see them. I have vowed I am going to do it next year.
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06-17-2009, 02:34 AM
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I'm currently living in FL for the summer but came home last week to visit & was awed by the lighting bugs. I felt like a little girl again. It brought up so many memories from my childhood.
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Boy do I know what you mean!!!!! We often take so many things for granted. I grew up in Illinois and was in Pennsylvania for 11 years. I've loved lightening bugs ever since I was a small child. They are indeed very magical--they used to be my very own Tinkerbell. 
Being here in Florida--I don't think I am ever gonna see one--at least while I am still here.  |
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06-17-2009, 08:43 AM
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Lighting bugs are one of the few things I actually like about Summer. They are beautiful.
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06-17-2009, 11:39 AM
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We really wanted to move to Tennessee and we loved it as soon as we got here on our "recon" mission. But when we saw the lightning bugs we were captivated. At that moment Tennessee had our hearts forever. |
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06-17-2009, 03:21 PM
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fire fly, fire fly, my heart...
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Originally Posted by JoAnn5
I agree! They look like 'fairy sparkles'. |
saw them saturday night at my uncle's country house, while he hosted us at a cocktail party and bar-b-que. i watched them for a good two or three hours, and i was enamored. it is one thing one misses in the city. |
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06-17-2009, 05:26 PM
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I had land on my shoulder yesterday evening while I was coming in from the barn...he stayed there most of the walk up...I had my own personal lantern!
They were pretty thick last night. Beautiful.
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06-28-2009, 03:29 PM
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Lightning bugs are great. They are just about everywhere but not all light up. I used to see tons growing up in Iowa but now not so much in Florida. Check out some interesting facts on them. Lightning bugs | Pest Cemetery
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