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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Sat Jul 18, 2015, 12:04 PM Jul 2015

Why Do Fireflies Flash After Dark? [View all]

Why Do Fireflies Flash After Dark?

For many people, summer doesn’t really begin until the first fireflies arrive in their backyards.

This insect’s remarkable green and yellow flashing lights have a hypnotic effect on people. Children (and the young-at-heart) are especially drawn to fireflies.

But that same glow often leads male fireflies to a particularly grisly end.

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Why Do Fireflies Flash After Dark? [View all] Panich52 Jul 2015 OP

It is all about sex, isn't it always about sex? hollysmom Jul 2015 #1

I have this image... uriel1972 Jul 2015 #2

Lol Panich52 Jul 2015 #4

Please post that image! Generic Brad Jul 2015 #11

sorry it's in my head... uriel1972 Jul 2015 #15

Because the flash is easier to see in the dark of course. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #3

Because it is too warm to wear little tiny raincoats during the day (?) GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #5

This... clarice Jul 2015 #6

I've synthesized luciferin in the lab, part of an organic chemistry assignment. Xipe Totec Jul 2015 #9

I wonder what would happen if you painted a cat with it? nt clarice Jul 2015 #18

I posted this article from Science Friday a while back: Talk Like a Firefly MerryBlooms Jul 2015 #7

I'd forgotten abt that. Learn the language & you can attract them Panich52 Jul 2015 #13

Because we wouldn't see em in the daylight. In_The_Wind Jul 2015 #8

I'm nowhere near any LiberalElite Jul 2015 #10

One early lightening bug night this year, it was like being at some major event - all the flashing Panich52 Jul 2015 #14

Many of them have prior daytime arrests. Special Prosciuto Jul 2015 #12

I miss them in Northern California. roody Jul 2015 #16

Where I come from in West Virginia I wonder the same thing about Lightning Bugs ArnoldLayne Jul 2015 #17

Notice this WVian calls em lightening bugs in replies. :) Panich52 Jul 2015 #19