Fireflies are members of the Lampyridae many in the genus *Photuris *which are neither bugs nor flies in the technical sense of these terms but beetles making them members of the most species rich families on this planet, the **Coleoptera - the beetles .... and not a one with a guitar... I never knew the extent of their benefits and since the adults do not feed, we should take their juveniles so much more seriously! Each flash could be the light of a dying slug! Alani Davis Tallahassee, Florida