It somehow seems fitting that during the time that Comet Hartley sails through the sky someone on the nature list brought to our attention firefly larvae. While out trying to photograph the night sky, I "discovered" that we had several larvae on the ground down by the lake. Last night I tried to photograph them, this proved more challenging that I had thought. You need to set the tripod and macro lens near one that is consistently blinking so that you can focus on it. It took several minutes and some wet knees to get some mediocre shots, and then, as with all light objects in the dark, just got a blob. But some may interested in seeing what they look like so I'll post it here. This is much enlarged, in reality they are tiny green lights twinkling in the grass, as if to use their bioluminescence to reflect the very stars twinkling in the sky above, or even to celebrate the passage of a celestial body that looks similar in our eyes.
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