OZ_IL
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Fireflys still a few weeks off
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Ed in KC
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I saw my first one last night, and two tonight--can't wait for the June Bugs!
When growing up in Indiana, we always called them "lightning bugs" and I still call them "lightning bugs."
That's pretty good being able to identify the larvae. I had no clue.
As far June bugs, I haven't seen one of those for a long time.
That's pretty good being able to identify the larvae. I had no clue.
As far June bugs, I haven't seen one of those for a long time.
Ed in KC
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Everybody around here calls them lightning bugs too.
Beefcake
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I've heard that the larvae or (glow worms) have a bioluminescence also... Is that true? We call them lightning bugs in my neck of the woods too.
TimC
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Dido, lightning bugs in Bama too!
RickO
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Ditto.. growing up in the Catskills (NYS), we called them Lightning Bugs as well.. would catch them in a jar and also squish them to write our initials on the back of our hand... they would glow in the dark. RickO
Beefcake
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we use to pinch the ends off and wear them on our fingers like diamond rings...
That's what we did. Punched a couple holes in the top and used it in our room for a nightlight. Lightning bugs were always my favorite bugs. Don't remember ever seeing any when we were camping in Russia though. Must be a US bug.
I was always afraid of June bugs, (cause they were big, buzzy, and they would land on us) My sister would catch them and tie a thread around one of the back legs and it would zoom around in circles over her head.
Ed in KC
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I don't know what the range is for lightning bugs, but one time some cousins from Carnation Washington came to vist, and they had never seen lightning bugs before. Maybe we should take a lightning bug roll call?
b-boop
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They've been lighting up my whole backyard for about a week now ... many dozens!!!! I look forward to the first week in June all year long because they are just so "magical." I had heard they are/were on the endangered species list. Anybody know?
Tinky1878
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We also call them "lightning bugs."
Beefcake
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Great... all that "pinching their butts off" caused them to be endangered...lol I've noticed that we get junebugs in May and Mayflys in June... Go figure!
OZ_IL
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Found this blurb from this site:
http://iris.biosci.ohio-state.edu/projects/FFiles/frfact.html
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If you live in the United States, west of about the middle of Kansas, you are not apt to have the flashing type of fireflies in your area. Although some isolated sightings of luminous fireflies have been reported from time to time from regions of the western U.S., fireflies that glow are typically not found west of Kansas. The reason for this phenomenon is not known.
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http://iris.biosci.ohio-state.edu/projects/FFiles/frfact.html
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If you live in the United States, west of about the middle of Kansas, you are not apt to have the flashing type of fireflies in your area. Although some isolated sightings of luminous fireflies have been reported from time to time from regions of the western U.S., fireflies that glow are typically not found west of Kansas. The reason for this phenomenon is not known.
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Ed in KC
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booker
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I can hear them now. We came all this way for this? Kansas is not the garden spot of the U.S.
Ed in KC
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booker
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Better than dirt 
