My 9 year old has decided to start talking walks in the morning on Wednesdays before school (5:45 am 🫠) and we keep seeing these bugs by a pond we walk past that glow in the dark with a faint blue light
Anyone know what we are looking at here?
Andre the Chemist
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MeOH 15.5 (27.9)
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C₆H₅OH 9.95 (18.0)
m-O₂NC₆H₄OH 8.4
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