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Lightning bugs!! (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Firefly: a lightning bug

Lightning bug: a firefly

Fire bug: an arsonist

Lightning fly: ??? The electric eel of the dragonfly world?

"Is that bat glowing?"

That's no bat. Run!"

[Electrical crackling sounds]

[-] 58008@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Tried searching YouTube for "fireflies" to watch them in action. 99.9% of the results are music, podcasts and political channels using the term. Think I saw 2 videos of actual fireflies on the first page of results 😆

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

If you have Disney+ then there's a show called A Real Bugs Life and one of the episodes is mostly about fireflies (and atlas moths and staghorn beetles).

[-] dumples@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

I saw a few lightning bugs in my yard last year. My life goal have them consistently in my yard. Good thing this dovetails nicely with my other life goals of getting butterflies, bumblebees and birds in my yards

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[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

One of the cool things about living in Ohio for a couple years, didn't exist in Texas where I was raised.

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[-] elav@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Cocuyo is the name in Cuba 🥹