Back story.. here where I live, we call them Lightning Bugs. But for people who moved to the area, they prefer fire flies..even though they look nothing like a fly.. and they do look like bugs.
It has turned out to be a very polarizing subject so I thought I would branch it out.. and ask you all.
What did you call them?
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What did you call them?
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Re: What did you call them?
I MISS THEM!!! 
They don't live over on this side of the Rockies...
But it was Fireflies and Lightening bugs both in the area of Michigan I grew up in.
They don't live over on this side of the Rockies...
But it was Fireflies and Lightening bugs both in the area of Michigan I grew up in.
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Re: What did you call them?
The names are interchangeable in southeastern Wisconsin as well.
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Re: What did you call them?
We call them both lightning bugs and fireflies in Louisiana.
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Re: What did you call them?
both in western NY as well, but i prefer lightning bug
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Same in Indiana. I told my granddaughter they were Fairy Lights, but bugs and flies are the top 2 choices here.
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Call them both Fireflies and Lightening bugs.
Kind of like soda and pop, I've used both.
Can't really say where though, I've moved around so much who knows.
Kind of like soda and pop, I've used both.
Can't really say where though, I've moved around so much who knows.
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Totally interchangeable here too, i've lived in Northern MN/WI and Nebraska and spent a lot of time in Iowa and Missouri too.
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That will have to be my next one!Kira wrote:
Kind of like soda and pop, I've used both.
We never called it soda or pop.. we called it 'soft drink' - and I have no idea why.
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It was used both ways in VA but I heard lightning bugs far more when I moved to NC
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