Bright Flight, by Vanessa Gregory

The mysteries of firefly synchrony

March 2022 Issue [Miscellany] Bright Flight The mysteries of firefly synchrony by Vanessa Gregory , Photuris frontalis illuminate Congaree National Park, South Carolina © Mac Stone [Miscellany] Bright Flight The mysteries of firefly synchrony by Vanessa Gregory , Adjust Share It was a mild May evening in South Carolina’s Congaree National Park, and Raphael Sarfati stood on a trail beneath a loblolly pine he’d chosen as a landmark. The horizon to his left glimmered with light from the nearby city of Columbia, while the tree marked the border of a dark and wild wood. Slanted rays of twilight bur

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