# Fireflies or Lightning Bugs?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireflies-or-lightning-bugs/584876>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 9, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireflies-or-lightning-bugs/584876 "2011-06-09T17:13:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireflies-or-lightning-bugs/584876/41 "2011-06-12T21:35:23Z")

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Growing up in Memphis, everyone I knew called them lightning bugs.

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireflies-or-lightning-bugs/584876/42 "2011-06-12T22:15:27Z")

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Southwest Virginia in the 70s: lightning bugs.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireflies-or-lightning-bugs/584876/43 "2011-06-13T01:13:02Z")

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Northern Indiana… lightning bugs. I sometimes see lightning bugs that look greenish or bluish instead of the usual yellow. Anyone else see these?

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**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireflies-or-lightning-bugs/584876/44 "2011-06-13T02:01:36Z")

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I also clicked “Other” because I use both terms.

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