Firefly

Gotta love em ....

Firefly

Lampyridae lamps

Bioluminescencing foreplay

In the twilight hours

Phillozofee @ 2017

Author's Note

The Lampyridae are a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous use of bioluminescence during twilight to attract mates or prey

Reviews

[emmajoy]

'A firefly fritters nothing, uses colour as a lure, brightens up our nightlife with its candle-like allure.' As written in my autograph book when i was early teens!! Your words are far more beautiful however.

The pic is fascinating> Could be a German firefly, by the way!

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the use of words. You said a handful using so few words. Very hard to accomplish. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[lightsong]

I use a lot the "Firefly" in my names or words, one of my very first poems which still means a lot to me is titled (The Firefly Princess), but now I think of Your words and how they use their beautiful lights to attract the victims, lol I don't like it that much, I think of their lights as the wise guidance, the reflection of night sky on earth, like heaven floating in front of our eyes to enjoy the glory.

[Phill Oz O'fee]

Didn't mean to be interpreted as attracting 'victims' - it was a metaphorical expression of their mating ritual! :-)

[lightsong]

Ohhh! That's much better! ✨

[Damien Ridge]

Love this actually. My girlfriend and I had our first kiss in a field of fireflies. It was beautiful, they really make a night something special! Thanks for sharing.

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Wonderful poem and picture- never knew they looked so stunning! Absolutely love the mystical magic of fireflies. Like snowflakes of light all around you. Thank you for this!