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Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Zoe Murray, 8, of Billerica, is seen through a lens of a pair of "bug eyes," that simulate how insects see with compound eyes (but they don't really see in red). (SUN/Julia Malakie)
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Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Zoe Murray, 8, of Billerica, is seen through a lens of a pair of "bug eyes," that simulate how insects see with compound eyes (but they don't really see in red). (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Zoe Murray, 8, of Billerica, is seen through a lens of a pair of "bug eyes," that simulate how insects see with compound eyes (but they don't really see in red). (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Heather Simpson of Berlin, Mass., president of Hands On Nature, presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Heather Simpson of Berlin, Mass., president of Hands On Nature, reads a story about fireflies. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. They learned that fireflies only fly in summer, the warmer the night the brighter they shine, each species has its own pattern of intermittent glowing, and light pollution is causing populations to go down. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Two live fireflies for kids to look at. They only glow in the dark, and light pollution is causing the number of fireflies to go down. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Jojo Donovan, 5, of Chelmsford, tries on "bug eyes" which simulate how insects with compound eyes see. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Hugo Judge, 6, of Andover, tries on "bug eyes" which simulate how insects with compound eyes see, as his grandmother Dorothy Keith of Billerica looks on. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Leah Childs, 3, and her sister Ashlyn Childs, 5, of Billerica, decorate their firefly jar. The kids learned that fireflies are very friendly and will stay on your hand if picked up, and should be released back into nature after you've had fun using them as a lantern. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Midori Marron of Billerica, left, helps her son Kairu Marron, 5, decorate his firefly jar. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Leah Childs, 3, and her sister Ashlyn Childs, 5, of Billerica, decorate their firefly jar. The kids learned that fireflies are very friendly and will stay on your hand if picked up, and should be released back into nature after you've had fun using them as a lantern. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. Zoe Murray, 8, of Billerica, is seen through a lens of a pair of "bug eyes," that simulate how insects see with compound eyes (but they don't really see in red). (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • Hands on Nature presents a program on fireflies for kids grade K-5, part of the Billerica Public Library's Discovery Kids series. The photo shows firefly eggs, which are also bioluminescent. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
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