Crabgrass by Tauhid Bondia for July 31, 2022

Mom makes Miles watch PBS.

Opposites attract I guess

The male firefly sees his wife flash before his eyes

Butt lights. Buggy butt lights. Bright baby buggy butt lights.

We don’t have fireflies out here. When I visited friends on the East Coast one of the things I really liked were the fireflies.

Here’s another fun fact! The chemicals in the firefly’s glowing thing are also defense mechanism to prevent other animals from eating them by leaving a bitter taste in their mouth.

How does that “ruin things”?

actually i like Miles take on fireflies – guess i’m a romantic at heart

Knowledge can be awesome, and even poetic as here, but Kevin has a point. Thinking about something can take you out of the magic and heart-ness of the moment and put you in your head. Sometimes it’s best to simply bask in the awe and glory of a moment and be fully present.

First new strip I think. The new versions of original strips were pretty cool though

I remember that when I was younger, my mom once called the fireflies in the backyard something along the lines of “Fourth of July in the yard”. Sometimes I’d even go outside on summer evenings and try to catch fireflies. It was pretty fun.

There are also predatory bugs that mimic the male’s lighting pattern to lure him in to be eaten