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

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 11:35 PM

Jul 2015

like flashbulbs going off -- just not a sound at all. Surreal.

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

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

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

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

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