Tiffi learns all about lightning bugs

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Tiffi is really enjoying the summer.  She is so happy that she got to spend some time with Jenny. She really surprised everyone when she showed up at the pool party with Yeti. She can’t believe how much fun Yeti had and he just loved those cannonball drives into the pool. 

Now here it is a couple of weeks later and Jenny has gone back home. She looks outside and it’s dark but she is so wide awake. She tells her father that she’s going outside to get some fresh air and she promises that she’ll stay in front of the house.

From out of no where she notices flickering lights. First she sees two, no wait there’s another. Within a few minutes she sees a lot more. She tries to get closer to one of those flickering lights that is just above her head. Wait a minute! It’s a bug with a light on it. How is that possible! She goes back inside to tell her father about it.

“Dad, come look out the window,” says Tiffi. “What are those bugs with lights on their tail? Why do those lights seem to be flickering on and off?”

Mr. Toffee chuckles as he tells her that they are calling lightning bugs. 

“Sometimes I’ve heard people call them fireflies,” says Mr. Toffee. “You can always see them in the summer but it’s not something that you could see every night in the summer. I believe they have a short lifespan.”

That’s it! Time for more googling!  She finds a YouTube video created by National Geographic so she watches it. 

‘Each year in late spring the Great Smoky Mountains National Park hosts a special light show, thanks to a species of beetle native to the region. These are the synchronous fireflies, known for coordinating their flashes into bursts that ripple through a group of the insects. As with other fireflies, their yellowish glow helps potential mates find one another.’

Tiffi finds a video about Lightning bugs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BOjTMkyfIA

Let’s continue - What are lightning bugs?