Stay Home, See a Show
"You Can Watch the Great Smoky Mountains' Famous Synchronous Fireflies Online This Year." Discover Life in America (DLiA) is collaborating with firefly photographer Radim Schreiber to present a Virtual Fireflies Event on Monday, June 1 at 8 pm ET on YouTube. Each year, typically in the spring, the fireflies put on a synchronous light display in order to find a mate. The Photinus carolinus, also known as Elkmont fireflies, are the only species in America whose individuals can synchronize their flashing light patterns.
The event will include a short presentation about fireflies followed by footage of the glittering show courtesy of Schreiber. According to a news release, “the display will include the world-famous synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus), as well as blue ghosts (Phausis reticulata) and other firefly species native to the Smokies region, all set to relaxing sounds of nature.”
You can click the "Set Reminder" bell on YouTube to get a notification before the show starts.
Although it's a free virtual event, a $5 donation to help DLiA continue its biodiversity work in the Great Smoky Mountains is suggested. You can comment here or at the Dreamwidth crosspost.
comments at Dreamwidth.
The event will include a short presentation about fireflies followed by footage of the glittering show courtesy of Schreiber. According to a news release, “the display will include the world-famous synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus), as well as blue ghosts (Phausis reticulata) and other firefly species native to the Smokies region, all set to relaxing sounds of nature.”
You can click the "Set Reminder" bell on YouTube to get a notification before the show starts.
Although it's a free virtual event, a $5 donation to help DLiA continue its biodiversity work in the Great Smoky Mountains is suggested. You can comment here or at the Dreamwidth crosspost.
comments at Dreamwidth.