That’s a long exposure, but there really can be that many of them. I was out on a moonless night in upstate New York. It was dark enough that an amazing number of stars was visible (I could even see the Milky Way), I was surrounded by fireflies and glowworms, and there were no other sources of light one I turned my flashlight off. It was so dark that I couldn’t see my own feet, just lights in all directions.
riders on the storm
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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I used to live out in the country near a nature preserve and can confirm it looks like this.
Now I’m forced to live in the burbs and get excited when I see a single firefly.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
There used to be at least some fireflies every year where I lived in Brooklyn when I was a kid but now there aren’t.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I have amazing memories as a kid seeing fields that looked like this! I miss it.
KMAMURI@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
We have this many right now in the swamps.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Sat with a couple friends, heavily under the influence of mushrooms, and watched fireflies across a newly planted tree farm field.
I’m pretty sure the three of us each took our own universal truth from that night but in that moment I was pretty sure I witnessed the fireflies riding some sort of universal wave, like gravity and they would jump from wave to wave when they blinked.
Anyways. I miss being young.
Or shrooms. Maybe I just miss those…
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 hours ago
Shrooms are great, even before the studies came out saying they could treat depression etc for years after taking I knew.
One good day on shrooms and 6 months of better life after
Milk_Sheikh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
During COVID when nobody able to spray for mosquitoes there was a really cool resurgence - even in the suburbs. Came home from a bicycle ride late one evening, and swear every tree had Christmas lights strung up, they were chilling out and just glimmering in every branch.
I pushed the bike home that night and watched the show in the trees, a lovely coda to the day
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
tpyo@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I don’t know why this song makes me cry every time I hear it. Something about it gets me right in the soul. Also I didn’t know the artist or song name so thanks for the link, that is a beautiful video; I haven’t seen it before and after a bit of an emotionally taxing day I got a happy cry and I feel a lot lighter inside
💚 Thank you for brightening this stranger’s day
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Grimy@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I have a lot in my backyard, it’s a treat to see at n8ght. I have been searching online on what plants they like so I could build a firefly refuge and encourage their breeding but I can’t find any info.
big_slap@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
maybe this link will help?
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
otacon239@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I moved away from a state that has them. They’re so beautiful to watch over a big open field. Like stars that fill the ground to complete the sky.
Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
I can smell this picture.
Zetta@mander.xyz 4 hours ago
Do the bugs have a scent? I’ve never lived in an area with them.
Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
When we were kids we’d catch them in jars sometimes and if you smelled the jar after it def had a scent. If the population is dense enough you can just smell it in the air.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
None that I’ve noticed
SculptusPoe@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I remember when Florida had them in large number, not like that but still maybe one every 10 feet or so. It was pretty. Now I get excited if I see any at all. If I see 3 in the same night I am ecstatic.
Tormato@hexbear.net 7 hours ago
Was just having this conversation last night with a friend as we were remarking to each other how mesmerizing dusk is with the summer fireflies.
When he said they didn’t exist out West where he grew up I was surprised.
Thought all along fireflies at dusk was one of the more enchanting parts of summer.
big_slap@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
there were so many fireflies in nyc yesterday, i was shocked!
NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 5 hours ago
What the fuck is a twilight forest barrier!
I swear to god one day I’ll log into my minecraft world and won’t recognize anything
NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
It’s a mod
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Never seen fire flies in real life I’ve always had to make do with embers from a fire
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Same here until I moved to Ohio for a few years, they’re really cool to have around.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 hours ago
I got a million hugs from 10,000 lightning bugs!
felsiq@lemmy.zip 18 minutes ago
I’ve always wondered if the hugs were distributed evenly or if there was a hugs georg firefly and the rest were normal ones