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Lightning bugs!! (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

these guys are great!

I was also blown away the first time I've seen bioluminescent bacteria on some strip algae...you would pass your finger by them and see the hidden binary encoded alien messages

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tried searching YouTube for "fireflies" to watch them in action. 99.9% of the results are music, podcasts and political channels using the term. Think I saw 2 videos of actual fireflies on the first page of results 😆

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Firefly: a lightning bug

Lightning bug: a firefly

Fire bug: an arsonist

Lightning fly: ??? The electric eel of the dragonfly world?

"Is that bat glowing?"

That's no bat. Run!"

[Electrical crackling sounds]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I saw a few lightning bugs in my yard last year. My life goal have them consistently in my yard. Good thing this dovetails nicely with my other life goals of getting butterflies, bumblebees and birds in my yards

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Make sure not to bag and toss all the leaves in the fall - leave a bunch in a pile in the corner of your yard. Thats where they like to stay at night

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Cocuyo is the name in Cuba 🥹

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Tumbler has one of the worst comment layouts...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One of the cool things about living in Ohio for a couple years, didn't exist in Texas where I was raised.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also significantly fewer roaches. In my experience they're more common in the south due to the warmer weather

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have never seen one and I am very jealous :(

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Ghibli even made a movie about them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Are actually that bright? Where I live they are very dim and green.

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