Backyard Bugs
	
“Get out here, Tommy, you’re missing the lightshow!” Grandpa shouted. 

I grabbed my bug jar and ran out the back screen door. 

It was a warm and humid evening. The air was filled with blinking fireflies. I ran after them. I watched a firefly trapped in my jar. “How do fireflies make their glow?” I asked.

Grandpa explained, “Fireflies are beetles with wings. Under their abdomen is an organ where the light is made. As they breathe, oxygen mixes with a chemical to make light. Fireflies blink to find mates and warn their enemies.”

I opened my jar to set my firefly free.








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