A Beautiful Timelapse Of Swarming Fireflies

[Jazzy]

Shot over the Summer of 2013 primarily in Lake of the Ozarks, MO as well as Grand Ledge, MI.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y4pWAxnfL8w

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Very pretty. It's like a moving painting.

What do you think?

 

[Nebulous]

Pretty coool, I've never even seen a firefly in real life.

 

[Jazzy]

When I was younger, I'd catch fireflies in a glass jar at night. Very amazing little insects. Before you ask, yes, I did let them go.

 

[Nebulous]

When I was younger, I'd catch fireflies in a glass jar at night. Very amazing little insects. Before you ask, yes, I did let them go.

You didn't break them open, rub the glow stuff on your face and run around all crazy?

 

[Evil Eye]

That's pretty neat.

You didn't break them open, rub the glow stuff on your face and run around all crazy?

Fireflies are very lucky you haven't seen them yet

 

[passenger]

The light of a firefly is a chemical reaction caused by an organic compound luciferin. As air rushes into a firefly’s abdomen, it reacts with the luciferin. This causes a chemical reaction that gives off the firefly’s familiar glow.

Cool pic on Twitter

 

[Elvira]

Lightning bug...

 

[passenger]

Lightning bug...

Yes! Did you have them in your neighborhood when you were a kid?

 

[Elvira]

Yes! Did you have them in your neighborhood when you were a kid?

Yes and is my current neighborhood lol.

 

[passenger]

Yes and is my current neighborhood lol.

We used to imagine that they were tiny fairies carrying tiny lanterns.

 

[Nebulous]

The light of a firefly is a chemical reaction caused by an organic compound luciferin. As air rushes into a firefly’s abdomen, it reacts with the luciferin. This causes a chemical reaction that gives off the firefly’s familiar glow.

Cool pic on Twitter

That is a pretty cool pic! I've still never seen them IRL.