In a small Mexican village there's a spectacle from nature that is helping to save a logging community from extreme poverty. But it might be at a great cost to some of the forests' majestic insects.

It is 8pm and in the middle of the Mexican forest where thousands of fireflies illuminate the night. It is a strange phenomenon that only occurs between the months of June and August, during the fireflies mating period.

It's become so popular, that last year, 50,000 nature lovers came to Piedra Canteada park to see this carnival of lights. A natural wonderland in the state of Tlaxcala, just a two hours from Mexico City.

It is 8pm and in the middle of the Mexican forest where thousands of fireflies illuminate the night.

"Where I live we have nothing like this. I came to have more contact with nature, to get out of the routine of the city and go to a place where there is no traffic, no cell phone signal. You come here and that doesn't exist."

The destination was the brainchild of a corporative of poor farmers struggling to get by after agricultural prices plummeted. In fact, at one point the town of Nanacamilpa, resorted to logging and in the process almost decimated their forest and the fireflies.

Community leaders then came up with the idea to use the forest and the millions of fireflies that roam the area as a tourist attraction. Now it has become a popular destination for people fleeing Mexico's crowded urban areas.

And although the popularity of the fireflies has given the forest a new life and also put a halt to most logging, some worry that the tourism could actually hurt them. Sensitive to light and sound their habitat maybe threatened because of their popularity.

It is a strange phenomenon that only occurs between the months of June and August, during the fireflies mating period.

"There is no control or any effective method to regulate the people that visit. Every year more and more people come here. It is good for the community, but soon the fireflies won't be able to handle that," said Alberto Perez, Nanacamilpa resident and rancher.

The Mexican government has started taking steps to limit human exposure to the fireflies site by banning big cars and buses since last year. The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources also hopes that soon, the area will be nationally protected before it's too late.