we broke some ground yesterday and while standing in the dark and we noticed a glow walked over several roots were piled up in one spot and were glowing so we turned out all the tractor lights there were small bits glowing everywhere. never noticed that before any explanation???
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Loren in MN
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30 yrs ago, I burned an old tree stump. After the brush was gone and the fire was almost out, I decided to quit for the night, so I poured water on the fire to put everything out and go to bed. You guessed it, took a lot of water before I realized it was Foxfire in the roots that was still glowing. It looked real cool with that dark star filled night.
There are a lot of things that glow in the dark. Here in west central Indiana, we have little worms on creek and river banks that glow. Some other kind of worms that crawl on the ground under leaves and foxfire that is a fungus that I have mostly seen on the rotton sapwood of oak trees but also appears on other species. It usually only glows for one night and then it is done for. It must be due to the log being disturbed. When I was a kid we cut up an old white oak log that some loggers left sitting years ago. we split the log up and had it all staked up nice along the road. That night the whole stack looked like it was smouldering, but in a greenish glow. It was so bright it acually made shadows! Really neat!
Tom in TN
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Roy,
Have you ever read the "Foxfire" series of books that were compiled by high school students in Rabun County Georgia High School?
The project was started by an English teacher in the school many years ago and continues to this day.
I have seven of the books in the series and have subscribed to their newsletter off and on over the years. I love the mountain lore.
Tom in TN
Have you ever read the "Foxfire" series of books that were compiled by high school students in Rabun County Georgia High School?
The project was started by an English teacher in the school many years ago and continues to this day.
I have seven of the books in the series and have subscribed to their newsletter off and on over the years. I love the mountain lore.
Tom in TN
Jim in Ma.
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They were a good read. I have the set less the last 2 or 3 books, never did find then.
Nancy Howell
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Those are probably glow worms, the larva of fire flies.
It takes 3 years from the time the fire fly lays her eggs until the fire fly matures.
When I was little we spent some time in Illinois. I can remember hundreds of fire flies. Now we see just a few at a time. Very sad.
It takes 3 years from the time the fire fly lays her eggs until the fire fly matures.
When I was little we spent some time in Illinois. I can remember hundreds of fire flies. Now we see just a few at a time. Very sad.
Bruce S IL
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When I was a young I remember camping out with a couple of my buddies when we decided to go fishing in a nearby lake that evening. On the way we went through a little patch of dead trees about 6" dia. and pushed them over as we went. It was dark when we went back to camp and the tree stumps were glowing with the Foxfire. We had no idea what it was. It scared the begeebees out of us. We were up all night making up stories what it was from a UFO landing site to ghosts to any kind of monster we could thing of.
scot in pa
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Now that you mention it it's been a while since I saw many fireflies. We used to put them in a jar as a "nitelite".
The one neighbor is using pesticides now and one of the guys I went to school with says there are NO birds around any of his corn fields.
I saw the same thing with barn swallows when dad had Orkin spraying the barns.
The one neighbor is using pesticides now and one of the guys I went to school with says there are NO birds around any of his corn fields.
I saw the same thing with barn swallows when dad had Orkin spraying the barns.
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