Night lights
For many, many months—indeed, for most of the winter and the spring—the "fireflies" carried no illumination whatsoever. They were all members of the Ellychnia corrusca clan and had evolved, for who knows what reasons, to be dark. But today, on a leaf, I noticed what many years of looking told me was something very different... something that was definitely a sign of the impending equinox and genuine summer weather. It's a little hard to see in this photo but if you look at the back end of the abdomen, it's clearly white. This is a lightning bug worthy of the name. In short order, the nights will be sparkling with the soundless glowing and sparkling "calls" of Lampyrid beetles.
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