Comment by jodacola
11 hours ago
I was born in and spent most of my life in the bay area before moving to Kansas City over 10 years ago (long story).
Seeing fireflies for the first time, in my 30s, was (and still is) magical.
11 hours ago
I was born in and spent most of my life in the bay area before moving to Kansas City over 10 years ago (long story).
Seeing fireflies for the first time, in my 30s, was (and still is) magical.
They have blue ones in North Carolina! Fascinating.
Here in SE Tennessee, we have a few areas with the "congregating pulses" type (i.e. they all blink [mostly] together). But they're all green, here =D
You sound remorseful (from your youthful indiscretions); but out of curiosity... does the "glow" splat when thwacked (with a tennis racket)? or does it immediately extinguish?
It was the hellish sort of destructive behavior unique to teenage boys. Very, very fun in its own way. But, alas, perhaps I’m still paying back the universe in some way.
The bioluminescence stays lit for some time. For example, you can paint your face with it. With the rackets, they splatter like fireworks.
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I thought I saw red one in the deep Pennsylvania Woods and I would definitely see blue ones occasionally.
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