Interesting Bugs

I truly enjoyed the book and all of the interesting chapters about the different types of bugs. My favorite chapter in the book was the one about fireflies. The reason this specific chapter was my favorite out of the book is because I absolutely am fascinated with fireflies. They make me so interested in how they glow and flash their beautiful light out to the whole world. As a child I loved catching them in the summertime and putting them in a jar, although they would die not too long after. I loved the glow that they gave off, and I liked using my jar as a lamp. These were definitely the most fun bugs as a child to find and play with. Me and my cousins would see who could catch the most and make a fun game out of it. The reason that I truly favorite the fireflies is because when I go camping every year for the summer, I go to the smoky mountains in early June when they all flash their lights in unison. It's probably one of the most amazing things that I have ever seen in my life. They make beautiful colors and light up the entire forest and pathways. You can literally walk through the woods being lead by the fireflies. Something I learned from the book about fireflies is that they are not actually flies, they are actually a type of beetle. Thinking about the way they actually look and noticing their exterior they do in fact look like beetles. I just never have thought of them in that way because I typically do not like beetles very much. Something I learned searching online is that there are about 2000 firefly species, and they typically only live in warm environments. Also I learned about how they glow "the insects take in oxygen and, inside special cells, combine it with a substance called luciferin to produce light with almost no heat." All in all, fireflies fascinate me and I think that no matter what they will always be my favorite insect!


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