I don't believe he ever would have found them, but for a kind old lightning bug, who flew on ahead, to light the way for him.
All around in the sand were little pieces of wood, set in a circle, and on each piece of wood was a lightning bug.
They saw many lights sparkling, and out to sea was a tall lighthouse with a gleaming beacon which flickered like a giant lightning bug.
Long and narrow, it looked like a kalsomined cave illumined by a lightning bug in a bottle when he turned the electric switch.
And when we accidentally paddled over a school of startled juvenile herring, they jumped out of the water looking like kamikaze lightning bugs.
Lightning bugs as big as giant beetles float through the air at night, staying lit for seconds at a time.
Lightning bugs and other bioluminescent animals produce their glow from a chemical reaction.
But the numbers of "lightning bugs" appear to be dropping.
