bella belle 07-27-2004, 04:25 PM The other day my boyfriend and I went into Ohio to SCUBA dive. As we were leaving in the evening we saw those bugs that light up.
He calls them fireflies and I call them lightning bugs. His friends that were with us, also from Canada, called them fireflies too.
I told him it must be a regional thing to call them fireflies vs. lightning bugs and vice versa.
What do you call them and what where are you from?
I call them lightning bugs and I'm in the Southeastern US.
MerAlove23 07-27-2004, 04:58 PM fireflies.... I'm from Boston.....
My husband on the other hand calls them Lighting bugs but he is from Ohio...
SaltwaterBlues 07-27-2004, 07:09 PM LIGHTNING BUGS
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
ravenglow 07-27-2004, 07:22 PM http://www.hateherpurses.com/Swatches_Big/Fireflies.jpg
Lightning Bugs from New York!!
BellaLove 07-27-2004, 09:00 PM FIREFLIES!!!!!!!
....................FROM CALIFORNIA. :-)
ScarletHawke 07-27-2004, 09:07 PM Fireflies, baby!
From Southern Ontario, Canada.
bella belle 07-27-2004, 10:45 PM Originally posted by YankeeGrrl
Northeast here (PA, NJ, now NY) and it's always been lightning bugs!
So funny this q came up now! For a work-related thing, I need to know the answer to this from someone who lives in the deep South--Georgia, Alabama, around there. Anyone?
Is Florida considered the deep south?
I've never heard anyone in Florida call them fireflies. I'm in Florida and I always called them lightning bugs.
Originally posted by ScarletHawke
Fireflies, baby!
From Southern Ontario, Canada.
That's where my boyfriend lives. I'll tell you what I tell him.
NO! They are lightning bugs! :p
ScarletHawke 07-28-2004, 12:03 AM You're from Florida and so is my boyfriend. I'm from Ontario and so is your boyfriend. What're the odds?! :eek:
We should all get together for a backyard barbecue and watch the... er... hrm...
LIGHTNING-FLIES! And FIRE-BUGS!
:D
datura81 07-28-2004, 01:05 AM Fireflies, of course.
How romantic are "lightning bugs"?
Ew.
Cindy_S74 07-28-2004, 09:02 AM From Mississippi and they are lightning bugs.:)
EMCAD80 07-28-2004, 04:00 PM Fireflies...Cali!
EMCAD80 07-29-2004, 11:56 AM Originally posted by MrsHedgeHog
Tim, on the other hand, calls them, "Hey! What th--! Sweetheart, c'mere and look at these little flying bugs whose backsides light up!"
That's too cute!
ScarletHawke 07-29-2004, 12:06 PM Originally posted by MrsHedgeHog
Tim, on the other hand, calls them, "Hey! What th--! Sweetheart, c'mere and look at these little flying bugs whose backsides light up!"
(they don't get fireflies -- or locusts! -- in England)
Have you introduced him to chipmunks yet? I had a friend of mine from Australia who was here for university... she couldn't get over them. Thought they were the most adorable animals on the planet -- and she's from the country with koalas! :)
EMCAD80 07-29-2004, 12:08 PM I get to feed chipmuncks in Lake Tahoe :)
Jennifer 07-29-2004, 03:24 PM They are lightning bugs In New York but, I belive the correct term is firefly.
calybo 07-30-2004, 10:39 AM they are lightning bugs here in NC and SC too.
bella belle 07-31-2004, 05:54 PM Originally posted by ScarletHawke
You're from Florida and so is my boyfriend. I'm from Ontario and so is your boyfriend. What're the odds?! :eek:
We should all get together for a backyard barbecue and watch the... er... hrm...
LIGHTNING-FLIES! And FIRE-BUGS!
:D
Oh too funny! It would be even weirder if we were from around the same area of Souther Ontario and Florida.
We should get together and watch the lightning bugs. :p
whiterose 07-31-2004, 10:06 PM People here in this area (Kentucky and Indiana) call them lightning bugs.
Cheryl 07-31-2004, 10:21 PM Living in Maryland. Born and raised in New York. My son (the science little guy) and I call them lightning bugs. Hey being a Mom is never ending as many of us can attest: my twelve year-old still takes the big old mason jars and catches the lightning bugs in them. Just holds them all night (LOL had to remove them from his bedroom one night and out the front door) and looks at the whole jar light up.
A nice summer time activity for the adults too. Just catching them in the jar makes you giggle.!!!
ScarletHawke 07-31-2004, 10:56 PM Originally posted by bella belle
Oh too funny! It would be even weirder if we were from around the same area of Souther Ontario and Florida.
We should get together and watch the lightning bugs. :p
You mean the FIREFLIES. :D
BLUEKNIGHT 08-09-2004, 12:34 AM Northeastern Pennsylvania and it's fireflies here...
EMCAD80 08-09-2004, 11:16 AM My favorite is still bugs with glowing bums! lol
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