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The Reluctant Lightning Bug Whisperer (Episode 26)

Podcast: Domestically Feral · Ale

Opublikowano: 2026-09-21

Somehow, a series of completely normal decisions has led to me being invited by actual researchers to help find extremely elusive female lightning bugs. I have no degree, no credentials, and no reasonable explanation for this. I am a housewife with coffee, a butterfly net, and apparently just enough stubbornness to stand outside in the dark longer than is socially acceptable. This is the story of how one tiny glow in the leaves turned my yard into a hidden world of beetle courtship, faint flashes, scientific questions, and mild personal crisis. Soon, I’ll be le...