
Very few people are privy to all the mysteries that surround us. I was not only witness to one tonight, but managed to capture photos of it.
In my usual evening walk around the golf, course, I heard the familiar crack of fireworks, now familiar since hearing them from inside the house all evening. It made me feel like a reporter in Baghdad. Now, i turned to see the
display, and immediate caught site of
swiftly moving objects from the trees and the ground beneath the Independence Day light show. These "glow worms" began to appear closer to me, increasing in number each time the pop and bang of fireworks filled the sky. They were obviously being frightened by the noise.


Lightworms feed on grass and leaves, but their favorite delicacy is the occasional crunchy golf tee they find in the swards of green. They are night creatures, who need no flashlights, for they are their own illumination, much like the nearby fireflies. Most people don't know that fireflies receive the substance that makes them glow from eating Lightworms.
A relative of the Glow worm, Lampyris noctiluca, found in the United Kingdom, the

Once this bioluminescence is

There have been people injured by flying Lightworms, but most assume it was a June bug, and this is usually only reported on the 4th of July.

Be well, little LightWorms.


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