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Lightning bugs
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A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
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This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
Firefly vs lightning bug
I've always called them fireflies growing up but it seems like that's dependent on where you grew up
Orangutan
Super accurate as in NJ I've heard both names used interchangeably.
In French they're called lucioles and I find that very cute
The colors are wrong. Color me triggered.
Like the bugs 😭
Curious what country, article is from Rochester NY it seems
I get the same from central europe, so i think gdpr shenanigans
Wow I would not believe my eyes...
You would not believe your eyes
If ten million lightning bugs
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand fireflies
Wow, didn't know they were poisonous