I took this photo recently in the Smoky Mountains National Park. It was a very cold night - but to my surprise few Blue Ghosts showed up to display their unique glow, as if putting whole forest into magical charm. This is a composite exposure over one hour. Blue Ghost fireflies glow only over 50 F degrees, and by the end of my shoot it was just about 50 F, and Blue Ghosts were very slow. I noticed that some of them were flying fairly high, and were pretty dim at times.
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People think they are blue. They are not. Their glow color is hard to see with naked eyes at night, but low light camera reveals their real colors.
Firefly species: Phausis reticulata. Multiple Exposure. Image ID: 210512_191315_3s00497
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