For World Firefly Day, a lightning bug glows at dusk, flying past garden flowers in search of a mate, a tiny fireball flickering just out of reach of small fingertips.

For World Firefly Day, a drifting lightning bug glows, a tiny fireball flickering just out of reach of small fingertips.

#flight #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #puremichigan #flyday #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #summer #firefly #lightningbugs #fireflies #WorldFireflyDay

“Several fireflies cast their faint light on a dark river side. This is one of Sozan's rarely seen designs on the market.” long vertical composition, 7 fireflies flashing bubbles of yellow light in a dark waterscape, 6 perched on thin reeds emerging from the water and the 7th flying overhead, mostly monochrome black and greys except for yellow lights and the red of the firefly heads and artist seal bottom right

#WorldFireflyDay :
Itō Sōzan 伊藤総山 (Japan, 1884-?)
#Fireflies , c.1900-10
color woodblock print
ukiyo-e.org/image/arteli...
#JapaneseArt

Resharing for #WorldFireflyDay

Resharing for #WorldFireflyDay

Resharing for #WorldFireflyDay

Resharing for #WorldFireflyDay

Photinus pyralis firefly. She is standing at the end of the stalk of a plant with her wings outstretched.

Happy #WorldFireflyDay

A female Common Eastern Firefly watches males flashing in the sky. If she sees a suitable mate she discretely flashes back at him. You can help conserve fireflies by turning off lights, not using pesticides, keeping some long grass, and leaving some leaves in the fall.

An elegant black beetle with a pair of red marks on its pronotum, near the edge of a green leaf.

A stunning gold and brown striped beetle perched on a green leaf. The beetle appears to be shimmering in the sunshine, with a yellow, orange and black pronotum.

A small black beetle with yellow edges on its wings and a red, yellow and black pronotum, perched on the tip of a green leaf.

Some fireflies found resting in our milkweed plants this summer. Three different species in our yard! #WorldFireflyDay

We enjoyed a walk with the fireflies this evening! Love seeing them on summer nights. #WorldFireflyDay

happy #WorldFireflyDay enjoy these absolutely abysmal images of fireflies i just took

It is firefly season! Have you seen them along the Neponset River Greenway? They can be seen around dusk along the trail from Mattapan Square to Granite Ave and beyond. Let us know where you see them!

#WorldFireflyDay #Boston #MiltonMA #Mattapan #Dorchester

“World Firefly Day: Celebrate Nature’s Light Show” A time lapse photo, showing all of the countless firefly flashes over 20 minutes, in a forest clearing.

Tonight is #WorldFireflyDay!
🌌Visit a firefly-sighting site & get inspired by the light show!
💡Help your local fireflies by providing pesticide-free habitat & turning off outdoor lights at night!
🔎Join Firefly Atlas & track the species around you! ➡ fireflyatlas.org
Learn more ➡ xerces.org/fireflies

July 2 =
🛸 #WorldUFODay
🕺 #NationalDiscoDay
📚 #WorldTutorsDay
🔥 #NationalWildlandFirefighterDay
✨ #WorldFireflyDay
🦔 #WorldPorcupineDay
🧂 #NationalAnisetteDay
🇺🇸 #MadeInTheUSADay
🎙️ #WorldSportsJournalistDay
📝 #NationalIForgotDay

🎯 Our Top 3 picks land soon.

#WorldFireFlyDay

official auction photo, front profile on black background: “EMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904) FIREFLIES: AN IMPORTANT FLACON AND STOPPER, CIRCA 1900 internally decorated glass, foil inclusions, applied, wheel-carved, martelé ground, with engraved inscription Nocti lucae Quasi lucernae lucentes in obscuro Ionec stella matutina Exoriatur in cordibus vostris Petr. II. 19 [Fireflies Like lanterns shining in the darkness Until the morning star touches your hearts] 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high (including the stopper) engraved Emile Gallé fecit” (official description via Christie’s)

#WorldFireflyDay:
EMILE GALLÉ (French, 1846-1904)
“#Fireflies” flacon & stopper, c.1900
decorated glass, H 11 3/8 in. (29 cm)
via Christie’s: www.christies.com/lot/emile-ga...

#ArtNouveau

photo of the entire kimono mounted on display at museum - dark green with orange trim and gold/yellow/orange/white/black embroidery design of irises and fireflies in a pondscape

close up of the top back with irises and fireflies design

closeup of the design

label: “219 Furisode with Fireflies and Irises Edo period, 18th century silk crepe, paste-resist dyed, embroidery National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture A furisode (swinging sleeves) is a type of formal kimono distinctive for its long sleeves, which extend below the waist and sometimes almost to the ground. This type of garment is worn exclusively by young, unmarried women.”

#WorldFireflyDay:
Furisode with Fireflies & Irises
Japan, Edo period, 18th c.
silk crepe, paste-resist dyed, embroidery
National Museum of Japanese History (photographed on display at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhbition at NGA DC in 2019)
#JapaneseArt

hanging scroll on display on grey wall at museum: long vertical monochrome composition with gold highlights for fireflies and patterned gold border

label: SHIOKAWA BUNRIN 1808 - 1877 Fireflies at River's Edge Edo-Meiji periods, 19th century hanging scroll, ink and color on silk Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Laurie and Bill Benenson Bunrin was one of the few artists of the period to depict nightfall. Here, in fading light after sunset, fireflies flicker, their light rendered in gold dust. Some are hidden among the reeds; only a faint glow reveals their presence.

#WorldFireflyDay:
Shiokawa Bunrin (Japan,1808-77)
Fireflies at River's Edge
Hanging scroll, ink & color on silk
LACMA collection - photographed on display at “The Life of Animals in Japanese Art” exhibition at National Gallery of Art DC in 2019
#JapaneseArt

collage art: fireflies at dusk in a creekside landscape

#WorldFireflyDay:
Dan Zdilla (Lancaster, PA, USA)
#Fireflies, 2022
National Geographic Magazines & glue on panel, 18x18 in.
www.danzdilla.com