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FIREFLIES (LUCIOLA PARVULA HIMEBOTARU) FLASHING AT NIGHT FOR COURTSHIP AND REPRODUCTION. GIFU, JAPAN. COMPOSITE IMAGE

Fireflies (Luciola parvula himebotaru) flashing at night for courtship and reproduction. Gifu, Japan. Composite image. (KEYSTONE/NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/Tony Wu)

FIREFLY GROUP IN FOREST, PO RIVER, ITALY

Firefly group in forest, Po River, Italy. (KEYSTONE/BIOSPHOTO/ALBERTO GHIZZI PANIZZA)

TENT AT NIGHT SURROUNDED BY FIREFLIES (PHOTINUS CAROLINUS) GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, TENNESSEE, USA, JUNE 2013.

Tent at night surrounded by Fireflies (Photinus carolinus) Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA, June 2013.. (KEYSTONE/NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/Floris van Breugel)

NIGHT AMONG STAR AND FIREFLIES, SIDE OF THE PO RIVER IN THE NORTH OF ITALY

Night among star and fireflies, side of the Po river in the north of Italy. (KEYSTONE/BIOSPHOTO/ALBERTO GHIZZI PANIZZA)

epa06925511 A view of fireflies at the Santa Clara forest, Tlaxcala State, Mexico, 25 July 2018 (issued 03 August 2018). Santa Clara forest is the only fireflies sanctuary in the country. Countless flickers of light at night mark the mating ritual of the species. EPA/Hilda Rios

©National Pictures/NATIONAL PICTURES/MAXPPP - ; Great Britain - National News and Pictures..Pictured: Spencer Black..Like eerie green streaks in the forest, these incredible pictures show the trails left by fireflies as they flit round the woods at night looking for a mate.....The photos were taken with hours of exposure time to properly capture all the light left by these insects.....One shot shows the Blue Ghost fireflies in Brevard, North Carolina, taken over a four hour exposure.....The other two pictures show the Synchronous Firefly on a two hour exposure as they fly around the woods in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park which straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.....These displays are so popular that they have up to 1,000 visitors a night to the park, with up to a four hour wait to be taken to the site where the fireflies are displaying.....Photographer Spencer Black, 27, from Asheville, North Carolina says the flight of the fireflies is an amazing thing to capture in an image.....He said: "I'm compelled towards long exposure and night photography because as much as you can pre-visualise what a scene may look like over a period of time you never really know what is going happen until the exposure has finished. ...."When I first started in photography I went camping where there was a forest fire off on the horizon, at night I took a 30 second exposure and during that time lightning struck the fire. ...."My tripod sank during the exposure and the quality suffered but after seeing what came out I was in love with the technique....."That element of surprise paired with having the ability to manipulate time has always pressed me to keep experimenting and the possibilities are endless."....*** FRANCE, BELGIUM and SWITZERLAND ONLY *** (KEYSTONE/MAXPPP/National Pictures )

GROSSER LEUCHTKAEFER, GROSSES GLUEHWUERMCHEN, GELBHALS-LEUCHTKAEFER, LAMPYRIS NOCTILUCA, GLOWWORM, GLOW-WORM, GREAT EUROPEAN GLOW-WORM BEETLE

Grosser Leuchtkaefer, Grosses Gluehwuermchen, Gelbhals-Leuchtkaefer (Lampyris noctiluca), Weibchen, Deutschland, Oerlinghausen, Jul 05. | glowworm, glow-worm, great European glow-worm beetle (Lampyris noctiluca), female, Germany, Oerlinghausen, Jul 05. (KEYSTONE/PICTURE ALLIANCE/Blickwinkel/J. Hauke)

MEXIKO GLUEHWUERMCHEN

In this July 21, 2016 photo, fireflies seeking mates light up in synchronized bursts as photographers take long-exposure pictures, inside Piedra Canteada, a tourist camp cooperatively owned by 42 local families, inside an old-growth forest near the town of Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala state, Mexico. The families purchased the 1560-acre (630-hectare) tract of land from a private owner in 1990 and began offering camping and forest visits, while continuing to exploit the logging quota authorized by the government. Only in 2011, did they realize the potential draw of the local firefly population, and begin advertising nighttime viewing tours. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

TENNESSEE DAILY LIFE

Foot traffic accompanies air traffic, as human visitors carrying red flashlights walk the Little River Trail to observe synchronous fireflies in their annual mating ritual in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's Elkmont Campground outside Gatlinburg, Tenn. on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Fireflies' peak flashing lasts about two weeks. This photograph was made by 'stacking' 123 long exposures shot over a 1.5 hour period. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Adam Lau)

MEXIKO GLUEHWUERMCHEN

In this July 22, 2016 photo, fireflies light up a forest path inside Santa Clara Firefly Sanctuary, near Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala state, Mexico. The fireflies appear in numbers between 8:30 and 9:30p.m. each night during the two-month season. At times, hundreds of the bioluminescent beetles will synchronize their lights, blinking on and off in perfect rhythm. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

FEMALE GLOW WORM LIGHTING IN THE DARK SPAIN - FEMALE GLOW WORM LIGHTING IN THE DARK THROUGH BIOLUMINESCENCE GENERATED ON THE TIP OF THE ABDOMEN THANKS TO LUCIFERASE/LUCIFERINE CHEMICAL SYSTEMS - -

Female Glow Worm lighting in the dark Spain - Female Glow Worm lighting in the dark through bioluminescence generated on the tip of the abdomen thanks to luciferase/luciferine chemical systems-. Ver luisant femelle au crépuscule Espagne- -. (KEYSTONE/BIOSPHOTO// Roger Eritja)

epa06925513 A view of fireflies at the Santa Clara forest, Tlaxcala State, Mexico, 25 July 2018 (issued 03 August 2018). Santa Clara forest is the only fireflies sanctuary in the country. Countless flickers of light at night mark the mating ritual of the species. EPA/Hilda Rios

©National Pictures/NATIONAL PICTURES/MAXPPP - 08/06/2013 ; Great Britain - National News and Pictures..Pictured: Spencer Black..Like eerie green streaks in the forest, these incredible pictures show the trails left by fireflies as they flit round the woods at night looking for a mate.....The photos were taken with hours of exposure time to properly capture all the light left by these insects.....One shot shows the Blue Ghost fireflies in Brevard, North Carolina, taken over a four hour exposure.....The other two pictures show the Synchronous Firefly on a two hour exposure as they fly around the woods in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park which straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.....These displays are so popular that they have up to 1,000 visitors a night to the park, with up to a four hour wait to be taken to the site where the fireflies are displaying.....Photographer Spencer Black, 27, from Asheville, North Carolina says the flight of the fireflies is an amazing thing to capture in an image.....He said: "I'm compelled towards long exposure and night photography because as much as you can pre-visualise what a scene may look like over a period of time you never really know what is going happen until the exposure has finished. ...."When I first started in photography I went camping where there was a forest fire off on the horizon, at night I took a 30 second exposure and during that time lightning struck the fire. ...."My tripod sank during the exposure and the quality suffered but after seeing what came out I was in love with the technique....."That element of surprise paired with having the ability to manipulate time has always pressed me to keep experimenting and the possibilities are endless."....*** FRANCE, BELGIUM and SWITZERLAND ONLY *** (KEYSTONE/MAXPPP/National Pictures )

JAPANESE FIREFLIES (LUCIOLA CRUCIATA) IN FLIGHT AT NIGHT, JAPAN ENDEMIC SPECIES, ICHIKAWA-RIVEER, ASAGO HYOUGO, JAPAN, JULY

Japanese fireflies (Luciola cruciata) in flight at night, Japan endemic species, Ichikawa-Riveer, Asago Hyougo, Japan, July. (KEYSTONE/NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/Yukihiro Fukuda)

JAPANESE FIREFLIES (LUCIOLA CRUCIATA) IN FLIGHT AT NIGHT, ENDEMIC SPECIES, YAKU-SHIMA UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN, MAY

Japanese fireflies (Luciola cruciata) in flight at night, endemic species, Yaku-shima UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kagoshima, Japan, May. (KEYSTONE/NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/Yukihiro Fukuda)

SYNCRONOUS FIREFLIES (PHOTINUS CAROLINUS) ILLUMINATE THE LUSH FORESTS OF SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, TENNESSE, USA, JULY

Syncronous Fireflies (Photinus carolinus) illuminate the lush forests of Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennesse, USA, July. (KEYSTONE/NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/Floris van Breugel)

NIGHT SHOT OF LACIOLA SPECIES FIREFLIES IN THEIR THOUSANDS FLYING ABOUT WITHIN A SINGLE WILD ALMOND OR COASTAL CATAPPA TREE "TALISAY" (TERMINALIA CATAPPA) CAMARINES SUR, LUZON, PHILIPPINES 2008. FINALIST, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR (WPOY) 2014 COMP

Night shot of Laciola species fireflies in their thousands flying about within a single wild almond or coastal catappa tree "Talisay" (Terminalia catappa) Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008. Finalist, Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPOY) 2014 competition, Invertebrates category.. (KEYSTONE/NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/Jurgen Freund)

epa06925512 A view of fireflies at the Santa Clara forest, Tlaxcala State, Mexico, 25 July 2018 (issued 03 August 2018). Santa Clara forest is the only fireflies sanctuary in the country. Countless flickers of light at night mark the mating ritual of the species. EPA/Hilda Rios

FIREFLIES IN SANTA CLARA, NANACAMILPA, TLAXCALA, MEXICO

Fireflies in Santa Clara, Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala, Mexico (KEYSTONE/CAVAN IMAGES/MARCOS FERRO)

FADING FIREFLIES

In this one hour exposure photo taken June 22, 2009 and provided by Steve Irvine, fireflies fly in front of his home in Big Bay, Ontario in Canada. A childhood rite of passage _ catching fireflies in Mason jars and watching them glow _ could be fading along with the dog days of summer. Scientists are busy analyzing a summer's worth of observations of the mesmerizing insects collected by a network of backyard volunteers in hopes of verifying whether anecdotal evidence suggesting the luminous insects are on the decline is correct, and if so, what's behind their shrinking populations. (AP Photo/Courtesy Steve Irvine) NO SALES

SCHWEIZ GLUEHWUERMCHEN

Gluehwuermchen fliegen waehrend der Abenddaemmerung im Waldfriedhof Schaffhausen, am Samstag, 30. Juni 2018. (KEYSTONE/Petra Bischoff)

MEXIKO GLUEHWUERMCHEN

In this July 21, 2016 photo, fireflies light up a section of the forest inside Piedra Canteada, near Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala state, Mexico. The fireflies appear in numbers between 8:30 and 9:30p.m. each night during the two-month season. At times, hundreds of the bioluminescent beetles will synchronize their lights, blinking on and off in perfect rhythm. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

SCHWEIZ GLUEHWUERMCHEN

Gluehwuermchen fliegen waehrend der Abenddaemmerung im Waldfriedhof Schaffhausen, am Samstag, 30. Juni 2018. (KEYSTONE/Petra Bischoff)

Scanning Macro of lit Firefly (Lampyridae), 2.25x. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO/Darwin Dale) === ===

JAPANESE FIREFLY (LUCIOLA CRUCIATA) LIGHT TRAILS AT NIGHT ABOVE STREAM IN RURAL JAPAN. JUNE.

Japanese firefly (Luciola cruciata) light trails at night above stream in rural Japan. June.. (KEYSTONE/NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/Mark MacEwen)