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You've touched a sentimental chord with me with this thread.
The humble Fire Fly also known as the "Lightening Bug"...I miss them!
Where I grew up in the Midwest USA, they were everywhere at dusk...as a child I used to catch them in the hundreds and put them in glass jars (with small air holes) and take them in the house to watch at night...I'd let them go the next day.
One of my kids favorite books is titled 'The Lonely Firefly"...it is a cute book for preschool and young readers...there are a series of similar books by Eric Karl (not sure I spelled his name correctly...maybe Carl with a C)
A couple of years ago when we were back visiting my family in the US my sons got a chance to chase and play with them too...it was one of the last "fun" things my Mom was able to do with them before she passed away from leukemia...we still have the nets she made for them to catch the Lightening Bugs in...
I am happy to hear that they can also be found here in Australia...I've not seen one here in the 6.5 years I've lived here.
A company I worked for, long since acquired and swallowed by another conglomerate, copied the chemical reaction that takes place in the insect and started selling the "glow sticks" officially branded and then known as Cylume...
Cheers!
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