It makes me happy to see the phrase “lightning bug” used so often here on Lemmy. I grew up calling them lightning bugs, yet I felt like it’s been ages since I heard or saw that word. Then I started coming here, and I see it in every post about this topic. The term brings me back to my childhood, picturing the way my parents’ backyard used to light up every summer evening.
Ha, great observation. For those that don’t know - the fireflies/lightning bugs known to the east coast don’t live on the west coast.
Apparently there are species that live west of the Rocky Mountains, but they are active during the day, and even at night the light they produce is too dim for the human eye to perceive. So the west coast doesn’t get the beautiful light shows that the east enjoys.
They’re called that in a lot of places.
Source: I’m from Texas.
And here’s a pretty picture to prove it.
It makes me happy to see the phrase “lightning bug” used so often here on Lemmy. I grew up calling them lightning bugs, yet I felt like it’s been ages since I heard or saw that word. Then I started coming here, and I see it in every post about this topic. The term brings me back to my childhood, picturing the way my parents’ backyard used to light up every summer evening.
Funny that Californians even have a strong opinion
Ha, great observation. For those that don’t know - the fireflies/lightning bugs known to the east coast don’t live on the west coast.
Apparently there are species that live west of the Rocky Mountains, but they are active during the day, and even at night the light they produce is too dim for the human eye to perceive. So the west coast doesn’t get the beautiful light shows that the east enjoys.
Huh, the more you know.
Germans:
“glow-wormsies”
(Glühwürmchen)
That’s delightful