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12. Either, my family is in the north and south. Right now I call them near extinct. In 25+ years here in Texas ...

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 09:33 AM

Jun 25

... I've only seen them one year and and it was only three or four bugs.

When I was in Nebraska, we were on one of the reservations, on white owned land (it's since being bought back by the tribe), never saw very many lightening bugs around town, which was surrounded by land cultivated by white farmers. In the summer we'd go on the reservation corn fields and it was amazing, never saw so many in my entire life, and in Cleveland as a kid I saw a lot of them, every night in the summer.

It is a crying shame, like Joni Mitchel sang, "don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you got till it's gone".

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This or that. fireflies or lightning bugs? mine was lightening bugs or lightning bugs. What did you call them? Did you [View all] debm55 Jun 25 OP

Lightning bugs. 2MuchNoise Jun 25 #1

Thank you very much 2MuchNoise Enjoy them debm55 Jun 25 #3

In NE FL, we called them lightening bugs too! lark Jun 25 #2

Last night, I took, Dolly dog out in the back yard. It was the first time I have seen them this summer. debm55 Jun 25 #5

Thank you, lark. debm55 Jun 25 #13

I live in a different part of Texas than I did growing up but never see them now. efhmc Jun 25 #34

That;s possible efhmc.I always punched holes into the tops of the jars my son used. They were baby food jars. and debm55 Jun 25 #38

Just wondering now did those lightenin bugs spend their pennies? efhmc Jun 25 #40

The lightnin bugs left them for my son who was very young. Thank you efhmc. debm55 Jun 26 #46

Lovely. efhmc Jun 26 #47

Lightning bugs Meadowoak Jun 25 #4

Thank you very much Meadowoak. Enjoy them. debm55 Jun 25 #8

HAHAHAHAH. My son was little and thought the lightninbugs left him the pennies. debm55 Jun 26 #43

either or. AllaN01Bear Jun 25 #6

Thank you very much AllaN01Bear. debm55 Jun 25 #9

Michigan...lightening bugs. MiHale Jun 25 #7

Thank you MiHale. Enjoy them. I always knew when summer started when we would see the Lightening bugs in the yard at debm55 Jun 25 #14

Fact I just learned today about the little guys... MiHale Jun 25 #20

Thank you very much, MiHale debm55 Jun 25 #21

Lightning bugs. 2naSalit Jun 25 #10

Thank you very much 2naSalit. debm55 Jun 25 #16

Lightnin' bugs (Texas) RoadRunner Jun 25 #11

Actually that is how we pronounced it. Thank you RoadRunner. debm55 Jun 25 #17

Yes. I'm a 3rd generation Texan and that it what I remember calling them when I was growing up in Dallas. CTyankee Jun 25 #23

Thank you very much CTyankee, debm55 Jun 25 #25

Either, my family is in the north and south. Right now I call them near extinct. In 25+ years here in Texas ... marble falls Jun 25 #12

Thank you very much, marble falls. You are right. Summer has arrived when you see them light up the yard. debm55 Jun 25 #18

Lightening bugs... whathehell Jun 25 #15

Thank you very much whatthehell. Enjoy them. debm55 Jun 25 #19

Lightning bugs MuseRider Jun 25 #22

Thank you very much, MuseRider, That is iinteresting. debm55 Jun 25 #26

We called them lightning bugs in Ohio. It seems like there are very few doc03 Jun 25 #24

Thank you docO3 , I agree with you, debm55 Jun 25 #27

Mostly lightning bugs Bmoboy Jun 25 #28

Very interesting post Bmoboy. Thank you very much. debm55 Jun 25 #29

Saw three lightin' bugs in our crepe myrtles last week SARose Jun 25 #30

They are magical , aren't they . Thank you SARose debm55 Jun 25 #31

Fireflies Jilly_in_VA Jun 25 #32

Thank you Jilly_in_VA. We did the same with our son. The lightning bugs each left a penny in the jar. debm55 Jun 25 #36

As a kid, I called them fireflies ... surrealAmerican Jun 25 #33

Thank you very much surrealAmerican and enjoy their magic. debm55 Jun 25 #35

Lightning bugs! lucca18 Jun 25 #37

It is like magic. I love to see them. thank you for your post, lucca18 debm55 Jun 25 #39

Fireflies LogDog75 Jun 25 #41

Yes it was. Even when it is 75 the kids around here still stay in their house. We call them Marshmallows. debm55 Jun 26 #45

Lightening Bugs ProfessorGAC Jun 26 #42

Thank you very much ProfessorGAC. debm55 Jun 26 #44

I never saw one as a child. soldierant Jun 26 #48

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