Regardless of how you address them, bugs that light up are cool. Shea has become masterful at catching these winged creatures of the night, and we have been trying to take that momentum by watching some nature vids in our downtime. Through the process we've learned lightning bugs are actually related to ladybugs - both have covers over their wings and are classified as beetles. We found some sweet slow motion vids that I wanted to share:
Here is one just because it is a cool use of slo-mo that your kid may get a kick out of:
And some cool firefly sites:
http://www.readysetglow.org/ - this one has a few toddler friendly online games.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/firefly/
