Fireflies

[chionos]

I just went outside to write for a bit and there were 10,000 fireflies blinking away in my yard. I was hit with such a pang of nostalgia that I almost cried. Well, not really, I'm a man so I don't do that.

Did anyone else catch fireflies as a kid? Anybody squash fireflies to make their tongue glow?

[krissy]

the first time i saw a group of fireflies was with another eoffer actually
it was a really cool moment

[DMKA]

I once got a thousand hugs from 10,000 lightning bugs. It was neat.

But that was years ago. I didn't see a single lightning bug last year, and I've only seen one this year so far.

Sucks, I love lightning bugs.

[TheAbominatrix]

We don't have them where I live. I didn't see my first firefly til I was 18 or so and it was beautiful. I've only gotten to see them a handful of times since and I am just too enamored with watching them to actually make the effort to catch one.

[Jiro]

Have I ever seen them? Probably not.

[Pike]

I've never seen a real firefly in my life. We don't have them here.

[chionos]

I didn't really expect so many people to not have fireflies where they live. It's sad. You're all missing out.

[Freya]

I love them! We haven't had too many this year though.

[Sephex]

There is a decent amount of them in my area. It makes my parent's decent sized back yard look very cool at night. As a kid, I squashed one from time to time on the ground so the light would smear on the ground for a bit. I quickly realized how cruel that was, so that didn't last too long. I also used to flash a flash light towards a pack of them so they would try to have sex with it. I was a weird little bastard.

[Hollycat]

Damn things swarmed the camp I went to a few years ago, got into everything, all the tents, all the cabins, all the food, everything. It had rained the night before so a bunch even managed to dig themselves face first into the mud, leaving only their glowing backsides facing up as a final fudge you to the whole camp. The only good part was watching one of the locals cats trying to be a good neighbor and eat them all. After a while he started burping and one or two actually flew out of his mouth still alive.

[Shlup]

I would love to see some fireflies someday.

[Tigmafuzz]

I played with a lot of different bugs when I was young. I loved them all. They kept me entertained on those days I hadn't eaten and needed a distraction from my stomach feeling like it was tearing itself in half.

[chionos]

Well my plan was to try to video them tonight, but it rained and apparently fireflies aren't into making love in the rain. Disappointing. I'll try again tomorrow.

[fire_of_avalon]

I had always thought lightning bugs/fireflies were ubiquitous until a few years ago when an acquaintance who was visiting from Texas saw them coming out, looked fearfully at me and asked what was going on. And I got real sad for everybody that doesn't have them.

As it is, they get in the trees here and it's like Christmas lights. I tend to leave my window open and watch them while I fall asleep.

One more reason why I will never, ever move away.

[Laddy]

I once got a thousand hugs from 10,000 lightning bugs.

Owl City. Why did I know that?