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plantladylin

Aug 3, 2013 4:39 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

I agree, Fireflies and Lightning Bugs are one and the same. I grew up in coastal Virginia and vividly remember "Lightning Bugs" (as we always called them although Fireflies has a more romantic sound to it.) We'd catch them and put them in mason jars for night lights, LOL. I've been in Florida 47 years and I do believe I've seen a few but it was awhile ago ... now you've got my curiosity up as to where they go.

This map at Nat'l Geographic shows they are wide-ranged: http://animals.nationalgeograp...

I found this very interesting; I guess they are disappearing: http://www.firefly.org/

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

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