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On a warm Michigan evening, just after the sky turns cobalt and before the mosquitoes lay their claim to the summer air, a familiar spark appears. Then another. Then a dozen. To children, fireflies are summer’s smallest fireworks bringing smiles and laughter and wonderment. To scientists, they are beetles in the family Lampyridae, insects with complicated courtship codes, surprisingly predatory young, and life cycles tied to soil moisture, wetland edges, dark nights, and the slow work of leaves…

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