FireFly (Lampyridae)
By Bathgate
15 Jun, 2015
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We call them lightening bugs for their conspicuous use of bioluminescence during twilight to attract mates or prey.
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That's incredible! I wish we had fireflies in San Diego.
23 Jun, 2015
They are amazing. Their light is so intense. How can a little bug make a big bright light?
23 Jun, 2015
Yes, that would be so amazing! I don't know how they can be so bright; however, when I was a kid I also wanted a firefly. :)
23 Jun, 2015
I remember as a kid I would catch a bunch of them, then set them free in my sister's bedroom. Her bedroom flashed like a discotheque all night. :O
23 Jun, 2015
That's funny.
I didn't know fireflies were ingenuous to the North-east. I always thought of them being native to the southern states.
23 Jun, 2015
Yes there are various species in different parts of the country and they flash different colors. I read that even their eggs glow in the dark, lol!
24 Jun, 2015
I never knew that there was different species of fireflies.
I just noticed I put ingenuous instead of indigenous in the previous comment. LOL!
25 Jun, 2015
I think "ingenuous" is fitting.
25 Jun, 2015
I think we know them as 'fireflies'
16 Jun, 2015