A light from the heavens
MyHandsBound
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Last night, after I turned all my lights off, I was looking around my dark room and I saw a light flickering through the wall and I was like 'Oh my a sign from God' so I started to pray for all the things I normally pray for. When I finished I was watching the light flicker on an off. Suddenly it moved and it moved again. So I got up and turned on my bedroom light when I realized it was a lightening bug, so I grabbed my slipper and smacked it....
I don't know where it went, cause it wasn't on the bottom of the slipper. I think they must be getting in from somewhere because that was the second lightening bug I saw. The first one was in the kitchen sink and I flushed it down the drain.
I don't know where it went, cause it wasn't on the bottom of the slipper. I think they must be getting in from somewhere because that was the second lightening bug I saw. The first one was in the kitchen sink and I flushed it down the drain.
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when I was little I would catch them and pull their lights of....the light would flicker on and off for a while....:)
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My sister and I used to catch them in put them in a jar..we would see who would get the most. Then we released them. I could never kill them though, I would freak when I saw people doing that. :(
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
it was the evil serpent.....
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For adult beetles, it is primarily used to locate other individuals of the same species for reproduction. Many species, especially in the genus Photinus, are distinguished by the unique courtship flash patterns emitted by flying males in search of females. Photinus females generally do not fly, but give a flash response to males of their own species.
Bioluminescence is a very efficient process. Some 90% of the energy a firefly uses to create light is actually converted into visible light. By comparison, an incandescent electric bulb can convert only 10 percent of total energy used into visible light, and the remainder is emitted as heat.
Firefly larvaTropical fireflies, particularly in Southeast Asia (Thailand and Malaysia), routinely synchronize their flashes among large groups, a startling example of spontaneous biological order. This phenomenon occurs through the night along river banks in the Malaysian jungles every day of the year. Current hypotheses about the causes of this behavior involve diet, social interaction, and altitude. In the United States, one of the most famous sightings of fireflies blinking in unison occurred near Elkmont, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains during the second week of June 2005[1]. Congaree National Park in South Carolina is another host to the phenomenon [2].