The fireflies of Elkmont are the only species in the western hemisphere known to flash synchronously and it only takes place for a couple of weeks during June.
These bugs ‘start up’ around 10:00 pm nightly. They exhibit 6 seconds of total darkness then in perfect synchrony, 1000’s light up 6 rapid times in a 3 second period before all going dark for 6 more seconds… as far as we know, it is only in this small area that this particular type of group synchronized lightning bug exists. I’ve heard it’s beautiful and I want to see it for myself!
