- Date
- 2005-06-20
- Kind
- Observation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeenvironmentcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Bill Cashman’s “A Mardi Gras for Fireflies” describes a late-night June 20, 2005 observation of hundreds of fireflies in a Beaver Island field, presenting the synchronized-looking flashes as a joyful natural spectacle.
Evidence limits
This is a first-person published observation, not a population survey or species-level ecological assessment.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 2005, "A Mardi Gras for Fireflies," by Bill Cashman.Describes a late-night June 20 observation of hundreds of fireflies in a Beaver Island field and interprets their blinking as a joyful, gentle natural spectacle. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the published observation essay.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island firefly observation inspires a Mardi Gras for Fireflies essay”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-a-mardi-gras-for-fireflies-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2005, "A Mardi Gras for Fireflies," by Bill Cashman. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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