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milestone: i saw the first firefly of the year this evening. seems fairly early to see one, esp with as cool & wet as it's been -- nm

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Jun 3 '09, 17:22

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You can't take the sky from me -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 18:17
did you smack/stun it so it would go falling to the ground glowing? - dogbert183 Jun 3, 17:44 1
- Well... at least you. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with more and less Jun 3, 17:46
I only half-read this post the first time and thought "after all that ST has talked up Firefly you're just now watching it? - Stephen Jun 3, 17:30
none here yet. usually late June -- nm - CQ Jun 3, 17:24
Never seen one. It's on my bucket list -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 17:24 20
- *blink* - nubby Jun 3, 17:25 19
  - No fireflies here, but we do get a lot of dragonflies -- nm - Stephen Jun 3, 17:43
  - I've never seen one. You crazy people with your weather and stuff. -- nm - con_carne Jun 3, 17:37
  - they don't. - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 17:28
  - Nope -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 17:26 15
    - yeah, i never saw one until i moved out east. - prayformojo Jun 3, 17:27 14
      - Did you know... - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 17:29 13
        
        Also: There are species of fireflies in Asia that flash synchronously, like christmas lights. -- nm - loosiflu Jun 3, 17:46 10
        
        What do our fireflies look like? -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 17:51 9
        
        here -- (link) - CQ Jun 3, 17:55 [Image]
        
        random blinking. each species has a characteristic rate of blinking, but ours are not synched up. -- nm - loosiflu Jun 3, 17:52 7
        
        So when I was a little kid we went to Disneyland. In the Pirates of the Caribbean ride they have fireflies inside. - Redmond Jun 3, 17:54 6
        
        Here's a video of synchronized fireflies. Not fake. Shot in nature. -- (link) - loosiflu Jun 3, 17:56 [youtube] 5
        
        That is freaking cool. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 17:57 4
        
        here are American ones (not synced) -- (link) - loosiflu Jun 3, 18:05 [youtube] 3
        
        It looks fake -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 18:08 2
        
        That's what it looks like. -- nm - loosiflu Jun 3, 18:09 1
        
        I need to see them in real life. Sucks we don't have them here -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 18:09
        
        they don't have a friend zone? -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 17:33 1
        
        *chomp!* no. -- nm - Lady firefly Jun 3, 17:40

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