# Lightning bugs. Doing it. In my yard.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-bugs-doing-it-in-my-yard/543373>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 16, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-bugs-doing-it-in-my-yard/543373 "2010-06-16T00:29:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-bugs-doing-it-in-my-yard/543373/21 "2010-06-19T19:58:38Z")

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Hey, you try giving someone 1,000 hugs without getting a little turned on! Also, they wanted me to tell you that you suck at dancing.

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**Author:** ![Beerman1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@Beerman1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beerman1963)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-bugs-doing-it-in-my-yard/543373/22 "2010-06-20T03:50:06Z")

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Turtle factoid: they can be sexed by looking at the bottom shell. Males have an indention to keep them in place during the old in-out. Oh yeah lightning bugs are cool.

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