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Lightning bugs and the nighttime cacophony of sounds that only they understand. Was it this loud when we were kids? Probably. I forgot what it was like to take a nighttime walk to the end of the property.

#LightningBugs #nature
#SundayNight

I miss seeing bunches - hundreds! - of #LightningBugs flying around on summer nights.... If you're old enough, you remember scenes like this one. Nowadays, you're lucky to see one or two. Sad. 😢

File:FireFlies short video.webm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FireFlies_short_video.webm

#Fireflies #Sad #GoingGoingGone #Summer #Insects #Bugs #Extinction #IAmDB

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪲✨ #Fireflies are actually bioluminescent #beetles, not #flies.

Entomologist Clyde Sorenson from #NorthCarolina State University explains that #larvae glow to warn #predators of their #toxic taste, while #adults use species-specific flash patterns as a #mating ritual, with some predatory “femme fatale” fireflies mimicking other species’ signals to lure and eat males.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/why-fireflies-glow/

#bioluminescence #insects #lightningbugs #nature #science #entomology #wildlife #animals #biology #luciferin #summer

In Illinois beautiful simple lightning bugs are coming out. There is no finer bug.

In Florida at least around TLH, none.

Advantage: Illinois

#illinois #Florida #lightningbugs

MODERN CONVENIENCE / CORROSIVE KIDS / LIGHTNING BUGS

https://grpunkflyers.notopia.dev/flyers/1840/

Just remembering childhood lightning bugs. And finishing this note with steps to take to try to restore them.

https://www.notzen.net/2025/09/not-even-not-zen-412-biomythography.html

#firefly #fireflies #nature #lightningbugs #history

Sure, the #lightningBugs have been out for a few weeks. While they are fabulous, there are nothing like the #fireFlies used to be in the 1970's. I remember this oak tree in the early 2000's at my parents house that would get completely surrounded, I mean it was glowing! Hopefully the surviving bugs will do it again.

Good entymological news: there's a lot more lightning bugs in my yard than I've ever seen here.

#LightningBugs #fireflies #entomology

Fireflies in the yard tonight. We leave the leaves, build brush piles, grow native plants, let tall grass grow in some areas and have no outdoor lights.

#Fireflies #LightningBugs #LeaveTheLeaves #DouseTheLights

Photinus pyralis aka the Eastern Firefly. But growing up we called them lightning bugs. Caught this one mid-takeoff. #fireflies #lightningbugs #tennessee

Fireflies!
#fireflies #lightningbugs #Summer

Astronaut Don Pettit Recreates Famous ‘Lightning Bugs’ Photo From Space https://petapixel.com/2025/02/11/astronaut-don-pettit-recreates-famous-lightning-bugs-photo-from-space/ #lightningbugs #startrails #Spotlight #donpettit #lightning #Space #orbit #iss

Magical. I miss fireflies. I grew up with them during midwestern summers. Unfortunately they aren’t in NorCal where I live.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/09/kazuaki-koseki-summer-faeries/

#photography #art #fireflies #LightningBugs #summer #Japan

Fireflies and thunderstorms. #fireflies #lightningbugs #lightning #thunder #thunderstorm #ctweather #weather #TrumbullCT

Fireflies! (Or lightning bugs, if you prefer.)
#fireflies #lightningbugs #TrumbullCT

Happy #FlowersOnFriday with a lightning bug cherry on top, er, rather on the bottom of a leaf.

#bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowerPhotography #flora #hydrangeas #PartialToPink #summer #LightningBugs #nature #NaturePhotography #SimpleThings #QuietJoys #SolaceInNature

I don't see why we need fireworks when we already have lightning bugs.

#LightningBugs