An Illuminating Forest

China's East Lake Peony Garden is home to 10,000 illuminating insects!

The park, located at the East Lake Peony Garden in Wuhan city, central China’s Hubei province, is home to about 10,000 fireflies. The insects are divided into five separate zones – the flying zone, the observation zone, zero-distance contact zone, breeding zone, and the science popularization area. Each zone is meant to cater to different categories of visitors, right from casual visitors to researchers.

An effort to protect the area's dwindling firefly population and promote breeding, this real-life enchanted forest is the world's first firefly themed park! Firefly light is the most efficient light in the world - nearly half of the energy in the creature's chemical reaction is emitted as light.

As fireflies are seasonal the park will be opened on May 30 and will closed on October.