Arlington: Gulf Branch Nature Center Gives Firefly Lessons
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Arlington: Gulf Branch Nature Center Gives Firefly Lessons

“How many of you have ever caught a firefly on your hand? They aren’t flies you know,” Jennifer Gradle, naturalist at Gulf Branch Nature Center and Park tells a group of 3-5 year olds during the Flickering Fireflies program on June 3. “How do they make it flash; do they plug it in?” She explained the ones that light up are the boys while the girls live in the grass.

“How many of you have ever caught a firefly on your hand? They aren’t flies you know,” Jennifer Gradle, naturalist at Gulf Branch Nature Center and Park tells a group of 3-5 year olds during the Flickering Fireflies program on June 3. “How do they make it flash; do they plug it in?” She explained the ones that light up are the boys while the girls live in the grass. Photo by Shirley Ruhe/The Connection

By Shirley Ruhe

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Gulf Branch Nature Center and Park gave firefly lessons on June 3.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe/The Connection

Micah Herndon and his sister Anya are assisted by their mother Christie as they paste together the four-part circle with the life cycle of the firefly. They had just learned there are 2,000 different kinds of lightning bugs and light is how they communicate with each other. The Flickering Fireflies program for 3-5 year olds was led by park naturalist Jennifer Gradle at Gulf Branch Nature Center and Park on June 3.