The scientific name for the firefly is Lampyridae, but they are commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glow worms. Their most notable characteristic is their ability to produce bioluminescence (a "cold light") to attract mates or prey. There are more than 2000 species of fireflies, mostly found in temperate and tropical environments around the world.
Fireflies were a part of ancient Mayan mythology, often being associated with the stars. In East Asia, the ancient Chinese sometimes captured fireflies in transparent containers and used them as lanterns. Some species of the Luciola genus rival the famous sakura cherry blossums in terms of their importance in Japanese culture and folklore.
our trip to see the fireflies at night was totally "out of the world" for me ! so beautifully shining and binking its light away in the total darkness in and out of the mangrove swamps ..... its totally unbelievable to see them all clustered together shining away ...... just so surreal and enchanting faery-like wonderland .......
i will never forget the first firefly that landed right on my palm.....its like wowwww so magickal and so blissful i was when that happened ... at some point of the journey my whole heart just felt like so full.......so emotional when i saw them ....... theres no words at all for me to describe how i felt then at the moment of time ...
if theres ever a chance....i'll definitely go back again ....... just to see the fireflies faerieland !
*smile* i will never forget that sight ..... ^__^
1 comment:
Yeah! Blink blink blink!
They're so surreal! It's like they're there... But they're not there!
Let's just skip all the lousy lunches/ fruit farms/ dinners/ long bus rides...
And go straight for the fire flies next time!
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