![University of Georgia entomology graduate students witnessed countless members of the Photuris frontalis — or snappy sync — firefly species blinking in unison in north Georgia earlier this month. (Photo by Horace Zhang)](http://secure.caes.uga.edu/news/multimedia/images/7394/Photuris-frontalis-Monroe-GA-Time-lapse-flashes-1JUNE2021-Horace-Zhang-(1)-(1).jpg)
Magic in the Air
Standing in the new darkness of a 100-acre wood on a recent summer evening, a group of University of Georgia entomology graduate students witnessed magic in the air — literally — as thousands of fireflies of different species rose from the forest floor to flash their luminescent love songs to hopeful mates hiding below.