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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
Why do I do these things to myself? 2 days worth of research on honey bees, beekeeping, hive management, and star thistles for an 1100-word story.
*sigh* now to start the research on fireflies that blink in unison. Do they blink in unison all down the river, or across multiple trees, but others further down blink in unison in a different tempo? Wikipedia is strangely silent on these important details.
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According to the David Attenborough show that I saw (sorry, I can't remember which particular series), the light is more like a wave effect when seen from a distance - the scene showed the effect running along the river bank across multiple trees. I don't remember the scene showing what happened on the other side of the river, but the impression I got was that the bugs sort of catch on to what their neighbour is doing and light-up so that the effect spreads (very quickly).