Georgann Eubanks Invites You to Look a Little Closer

Georgann Eubanks Invites You to Look a Little Closer

Georgann Eubanks is all lit up and talking about fireflies. “There are 75 species in the eastern part of the country, and we’re still discovering more,” the writer says. “But we’re discovering them even as we’re destroying them.”Of those 75 species, she’s describing a specific one native to pockets of Southern Appalachia: the blue ghost firefly. Unlike the bright blink we associate with most backyard lightning bugs—the species many of us are gui…