|
22 May 08 - 08:26 PM (#2347289) Subject: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: jacqui.c Last year when my family visited us in Maine my daughter found some sweets called Glow Bugs. These were complete with a pair of tweezers which, when used to pick up the candy, caused it to glow. Naturally, my grandson loved them but we have been unable to find any since that time. Anyone familiar with these and know how I can contact the manufacturer? You could make a little boy very very happy. |
|
22 May 08 - 08:28 PM (#2347293) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Melissa were they hard candy, or gummy things? |
|
22 May 08 - 08:31 PM (#2347296) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: jacqui.c I think gummy - I don't think my daughter lets Lewis have hard candy. |
|
22 May 08 - 08:32 PM (#2347297) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Melissa http://www.carolscandycorner.com/ligubu.html Is this them? |
|
22 May 08 - 08:35 PM (#2347302) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Melissa This one looks like like it has hard candy glowy sucker things and the tweezer ones: http://www.candywarehouse.com/glowbugpops.html |
|
22 May 08 - 08:36 PM (#2347303) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: jacqui.c Thanks Melissa - that looks like the ones. The family are flying in for a visit tonight so I shall get on and order some for him. |
|
22 May 08 - 08:41 PM (#2347307) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Melissa The cockroach candies look disgusting! Lightning bugs look kind of fun though.. |
|
22 May 08 - 08:43 PM (#2347309) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: jacqui.c I've just ordered ten packs, which should keep him happy for a while. I knew that Mudcat would be able to work the usual miracle, but that was fast! Thanks again Melissa. |
|
22 May 08 - 08:55 PM (#2347319) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Slag I found what looked like a cut worm in my Grandmother's garden one night. It was glowing a soft blue color. Nope. I didn't eat it. |
|
23 May 08 - 12:25 AM (#2347374) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Skivee I'm betting that it's a lightning bug larva, Slag. |
|
23 May 08 - 01:21 AM (#2347399) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Melissa ah..essential trivia, my favorite! Lightning bug larva glow a different color from mature ones? |
|
23 May 08 - 01:34 AM (#2347403) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Slag I thought the same thing Skivee. If it was though, it was unique as this was in Northern California! A first! |
|
23 May 08 - 02:37 AM (#2347415) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Liz the Squeak Perhaps its battery wasn't fully charged? LTS |
|
23 May 08 - 08:26 AM (#2347552) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Stilly River Sage Our yards here in North Texas are spectacular with the little green lights of the fire flies (lightning bugs) that live in the area. We try not to eat them. They're a smallish (less than 1" long) nondescript little beetle, but if you accidentally squash one there is a greenish glow for a moment. And out in the yard at dusk, against the dark grass and shrubs they drift around in a magical world. SRS |
|
23 May 08 - 10:45 AM (#2347656) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: bobad "I found what looked like a cut worm in my Grandmother's garden one night. It was glowing a soft blue color. Nope. I didn't eat it." "Glowworms-Family Phengodidae. These somewhat uncommon beetles closely related to fireflies. The short-lived, nocturnal males often have feathery antennae. The wingless, luminescent females, which are very larva-like in appearance, give rise to the common name. They range up to about 1 inch in length and are found on foliage or on the ground. The nocturnal larvae generally occur in forests beneath decaying logs and in leaf litter, the typical habitat of the millipedes they feed on. Although they are specialist predators of millipedes, they will feed on soft-bodied insects or other invertebrates. This is a small family of about 170 described species which occur mainly in the tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere. However, they are fairly commonly seen throughout the Midwest, with about 30 species occuring in North America." |
|
23 May 08 - 10:49 AM (#2347658) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Becca72 My cousin Missy and I found out at a very early age that you have to catch A LOT of glow bugs to light the inside of a playhouse with no windows... |
|
23 May 08 - 11:15 AM (#2347677) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Jeri I was driving from Indiana to upstate New York one year and I'd decided to leave in the evening. I was somewhere near Fort Wayne just after sunset when I noticed a whole field glowing like mad. It was just full of fireflies. I watched that field in the rear view mirror until it finally faded into the distance. I never saw anything like it before or since. Jacqui: Windy City Novelties, Lightening Bug Candy |
|
23 May 08 - 12:11 PM (#2347705) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: gnu A few years ago, I was sleeping on the screened-in porch of my camp as it was stille about 35C and very humid at 10PM. The lawn is about 25m. Then there is a baskwash (slough) about 25m wide, and a rise and fall to the riverbank about 25m wide. It was on the new moon and there was could cover when I was awakened at about midnight by a loud snort. A moose was about ten feet from the porch and I thought it was dawn or a dream because I could see the moose very well. It was fireflies from the ground to near the tree tops. I stayed up for a couple of hours and watched bats as I have never seen before. And a great horned owl that made two appearences (very unfortunate for two rabbits). Oh... the moose was a young bull and he munched on the clover on the lawn for about twenty minutes before I HAD to go for a, ah, er, um, quick walk. |
|
23 May 08 - 01:14 PM (#2347734) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Bill D from http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/lyrics/glowworm.htm "Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Lead us lest too far we wander Love's sweet voice is calling yonder Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Hey, there don't get dimmer, dimmer Light the path below, above And lead us on to love! Glow little glow-worm, fly of fire Glow like an incandescent wire Glow for the female of the species Turn on the AC and the DC This night could use a little brightnin' Light up you little ol' bug of lightnin' When you gotta glow, you gotta glow Glow little glow-worm, glow Glow little glow-worm, glow and glimmer Swim through the sea of night, little swimmer Thou aeronautical boll weevil Illuminate yon woods primeval See how the shadows deep and darken You and your chick should get to sparkin' I got a gal that I love so Glow little glow-worm, glow Glow little glow-worm, turn the key on You are equipped with taillight neon You got a cute vest-pocket Master Which you can make both slow and faster I don't know who you took a shine to Or who you're out to make a sign to I got a gal that I love so Glow little glow-worm, glow Glow little glow-worm, glow Glow little glow-worm, glow Glow little glow-worm, glow" |
|
23 May 08 - 10:39 PM (#2347948) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Melissa Does anybody know what time of year is best for GlowWorm spotting? I didn't know they might be found in my area and now I'd like to see one..even if it does disappoint me by looking like a grub and eating millipedes. |
|
24 May 08 - 02:36 AM (#2347987) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know about GlowBugs? (USA) From: Slag The first time I was in Tulsa in the Summer of 1978 was on a business trip of sorts. I had a little time off in the late afternoon so I went for a walk along some narrow road in an older part of town. There were tiny vine covered porches and folks sitting out talking and they greeted me, a stranger, with great warmth and friendliness. I spied a couple of scissor tailed flycatchers which I had never encountered before. I'm a bit of a birder so that was a thrill in and of itself as they are a very beautiful and graceful bird. On into dusk the fireflies began to wink on their lights. I was thoroughly enchanted, nostalgic for a past that was not mine. I felt as though I had been transported into an other's dream and I envied that person. Charming and charmed. |