I looked outside tonight (I am in my seasonal hibernation), and wowee! Lightning bugs abound! I love them. There is a chemical reaction called bioluminescence that causes these funny things to gambol in my backyard with their lights on. And in yours.
I could research this (and so could you), but I think it will suffice to say that these lightning bugs are looking for mates and such. Blinkety-blink-blink: Are you of like species? Do you like me? Do I like you?
Nature is at its best with these guys. Who amongst us has had a lightning bug schmush up on our windshield, leaving its smear of "bioluminescence"? It is a fascinating thing. Those amongst us who believe that God created heaven and earth must revel in things such as the lightning bug. Interesting guy. (The bug. And, more importantly, God.)
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