Fireflies!

[Green Gaia]

I saw the first (well, the first I've seen) firefly of summer just a little bit ago!


It's summertime!! :woohoo:


:camp:


Do you have fireflies/lightning bugs yet?

 

[Ody]

Not down here, its too hot for um

 

[jeffrey]

I saw the first (well, the first I've seen) firefly of summer just a little bit ago!


It's summertime!! :woohoo:


:camp:


Do you have fireflies/lightening bugs yet?

We just saw our 1st few a couple days ago. Rebecca is still fascinated by them. They don't have them in England

 

[Green Gaia]

Added a poll....because I can! :woohoo:

 

[linwood]

I`m so jealous.

I`ve seen them here in Florida but it`s a very rare thing and most definately a wintertime event.

My daughter wants so badly to see them I`ve gone searching and searching to no avail

:sad:

 

[jeffrey]

And as far as your poll, I call them both.

 

[evearael]

I call them lightning bugs. We had them in Richmond, but I don't know if they live out here yet.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

I grew up (in S.C.) calling them lightning bugs- but now I call them fireflies. I wonder at which move that happened? *ponders this*

Whatever one calls them, they actually frighten me with their beauty. I remember once, at Lutheran camp, the other campers were singing and I was a little ways away from the campfire. On one side, I could hear them singing, and on the other, I saw the beautiful floating fires, turning the nearby forest into a faery-land with their light. I felt myself getting up to follow them and actually had to physically stop myself. They speak to me on some level of spirit that is more primal to me than human.

 

[DyingAsylum]

I haven't seen any outside yet, but there was one in my house a few nights ago!! The kitty ate it before I could let it outside though. Bad kitty.

 

[Bastet]

I wanna see a firefly! :sad:

 

[Green Gaia]

I wanna see a firefly! :sad:

Shall I catch one and send it to you?


Wait... that might not be a good idea... :cover:

 

[Bastet]

Shall I catch one and send it to you?


Wait... that might not be a good idea... :cover:

:cover: Well, thanks for the thought anyway! Maybe I should Google them instead.

 

[standing_alone]

I call 'em fireflies and haven't seen one in probably a few years.

 

[ChrisP]

I grew up (in S.C.) calling them lightning bugs- but now I call them fireflies. I wonder at which move that happened? *ponders this*

Whatever one calls them, they actually frighten me with their beauty. I remember once, at Lutheran camp, the other campers were singing and I was a little ways away from the campfire. On one side, I could hear them singing, and on the other, I saw the beautiful floating fires, turning the nearby forest into a faery-land with their light. I felt myself getting up to follow them and actually had to physically stop myself. They speak to me on some level of spirit that is more primal to me than human.

Are you sure they weren't real fairy's? You could be a fairy princess right now!

 

[SoliDeoGloria]

I'm probably going to get chewed out for this one, but the first time I saw one I was taught to squeeze their abdomen off on to my skin and watch my skin glow. My kids do the same. Haven't seen one yet.

Sincerely,
SoliDeoGloria

 

[Aqualung]

They don't have fireflies where I'm from. I don't know if it's just because it's a high desert, or if they just don't have them out west. Every time I go back to chicago, though, I see them. And I've only ever called them fireflies.

 

[evearael]

From http://www.humorcolumnist.com/lightningbug.htm

In the Western United States, fireflies are rarely, if ever, seen.

:sad4:I'll add this to the things I miss about the East Coast.

 

[zombieharlot]

We don't get any in California, but I see them sometimes when I go to visit my family in Ohio. I always called the lightning bugs because I was told that they're different from fireflies. I guess lightning bugs flicker their light while fireflies keep theirs a solid light.

 

[Valjean]

My family used both names, but I usually call them fireflies. (They're actually neither bugs nor flies -- they're beetles).
As a child in Maryland, (East coast, USA), my yard in Summer was all a-twinkle with dozens of little floating, flashing lights. I used to catch them in a jar and keep them in my bedroom.
I miss them. It's too arid here in New Mexico, (American Southwest) for them.

They don't have fireflies in The UK? --- How sad!

 

[EnhancedSpirit]

I have always used both names. We used to catch them and save them in jars, there was one kid who would smash the bugs on himself(making a ring or dot on his forehead), and the stuff would glow for a long time. I remember them getting hit by the windshield and leaving a eerie glow on the window for many miles down the road.

I do not see many here in Florida, not like back in the mid-west.