I have read in books about fireflies or lightening bugs but today I got to see them and catch them. To catch them you have to close your hands in a cup shape instead of like when you are clapping. If you clap then you will hurt them.
They are very pretty when they light up. I put them in a bug container and then I let them back out so they would be free.
I learned that they eat smaller insects and snails and slugs. Some of them eat plant parts.
