Rec | LIGHTNING BUGS

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i drove home from work at dusk on the country roads and the dim tunnels of trees were lit up like the night sky by those angelic insects

@worldonfire

2d ago

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@dracula

I'm true midwestern (central illinois) and always knew fireflies was a term used for them, but irl i ONLY heard lightning bugs. i remember the first time i heard someone irl call them fireflies i was like why are you talking like you're in a movie lol

1d ago

@worldonfire

@DRACULA lmao “talking like you’re in a movie” is a great way to describe this!!

1d ago

@chiawase_

so much firefly/lightning bug talk lately 😂 I’ve been in md most my life but i used the terms interchangeably. probably after that song is when the “encroaching” began

1d ago

@worldonfire

@CHIAWASE_ lol yes it’s the season, happy summer!! omg that makes sense n MD is in that strange mid atlantic realm where i can imagine both being accebtable

1d ago

@killcharlie

i had never heard of “lightning bugs” until i saw this image like 3 days ago. i thought everyone called them fireflies lol

1d ago

@worldonfire

@KILLCHARLIE i grew up saying lightnig bugs but am hearing firefly more with younger people!

20h ago

@slowdazzle

I think on Long Island NY, older ppl say firefly. but for me as a kid, a lighting bug was when the bug was close by and you could see the bug body, manifest. fireflies were out floating in the dusk

2d ago

@worldonfire

@SLOWDAZZLE firefly in the ether and lightning bug when you catch it on your hand, even more interesting than regional distinction

2d ago