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They're 2 different things. Different bug. Different glow color. Different arrangement of the glowpods. Lightning bugs in florida, fireflies in the north. At l

They're 2 different things. Different bug. Different glow color. Different arrangement of the glowpods. Lightning bugs in florida, fireflies in the north. At least in my experience. There are also worms that glow.

lbotos 4y ago
https://www.prevention.com/life/a36677874/firefly-vs-lightning-bug-differences/ https://www.prevention.com/life/a36677874/firefly-vs-lightni... What's the two species? As someone who grew up in the northeast I called them lightning bugs as a kid.
- adamc 4y ago
  Both terms were in wide use in the Chicago area.
- dontbenebby 4y ago
  >As someone who grew up in the northeast I called them lightning bugs as a kid. Lighting bugs mostly in 412 as well (Am I East Coast? Appalachian? Midwest? Mid atlantic? I've started just saying 412 rather than get hung up on semantics)
reportingsjr 4y ago
Firefly and lightning bug are 100% interchangable here in Kentucky/Ohio, both referring to the same group of glowing beetles.
- swayvil 4y ago
  There's this beetle that glows greenish. From 2 panels on its abdomen. And this other, much squishier, beetle that glows yellowish. From basically it's whole backend. So that's 2, whatever you call them.
  - nanny 4y ago
    No, you're wrong. There are many, many species of beetles (thousands) that are called lightning bugs/fireflies. The terms are interchangeable, as they refer to any species in the entire family.
    - dylan604 4y ago
      If it glows and it's a bug that flies, it's a lightning bug/firefly interchangeably where I grew up. I don't care if it has 8 legs, 6 legs, 3 body parts, or whatever. If it blinks in the dark and I could run around and catch it, maybe sometimes squish it and rub the glowy stuff on like war paint, then that's all that mattered. You sciencey types that like to argue on the interwebs are just weird no fun having fuddyduddies. =)
    - swayvil 4y ago
      Wheelbugs. Which look like scifi dinosaurs and have an incredibly painful bite. Have an array of landing lights all up their sides and belly.
0des 4y ago
I think they are jackdaws, not ravens

lbotos 4y ago

https://www.prevention.com/life/a36677874/firefly-vs-lightning-bug-differences/ https://www.prevention.com/life/a36677874/firefly-vs-lightni... What's the two species? As someone who grew up in the northeast I called them lightning bugs as a kid.

adamc 4y ago
Both terms were in wide use in the Chicago area.
dontbenebby 4y ago
>As someone who grew up in the northeast I called them lightning bugs as a kid. Lighting bugs mostly in 412 as well (Am I East Coast? Appalachian? Midwest? Mid atlantic? I've started just saying 412 rather than get hung up on semantics)

reportingsjr 4y ago

Firefly and lightning bug are 100% interchangable here in Kentucky/Ohio, both referring to the same group of glowing beetles.

swayvil 4y ago
There's this beetle that glows greenish. From 2 panels on its abdomen. And this other, much squishier, beetle that glows yellowish. From basically it's whole backend. So that's 2, whatever you call them.
- nanny 4y ago
  No, you're wrong. There are many, many species of beetles (thousands) that are called lightning bugs/fireflies. The terms are interchangeable, as they refer to any species in the entire family.
  - dylan604 4y ago
    If it glows and it's a bug that flies, it's a lightning bug/firefly interchangeably where I grew up. I don't care if it has 8 legs, 6 legs, 3 body parts, or whatever. If it blinks in the dark and I could run around and catch it, maybe sometimes squish it and rub the glowy stuff on like war paint, then that's all that mattered. You sciencey types that like to argue on the interwebs are just weird no fun having fuddyduddies. =)
  - swayvil 4y ago
    Wheelbugs. Which look like scifi dinosaurs and have an incredibly painful bite. Have an array of landing lights all up their sides and belly.

0des 4y ago

I think they are jackdaws, not ravens