Whether you call them "lightning bugs" or "fireflies," spotting the bioluminescent insects always brings joy. Here's when ...

The term "lightning bug" is a common, regional name for the insect in the South and Midwest, while "firefly" is a more common name for the bug in the West and Northeast. In Louisiana, there are at ...

Narrator: There are over 2,000 individual firefly species ... But how did fireflies manage to catch lightning in a bottle? The answer is found in the bug's butt, or more specifically in its ...

So, be on the lookout the next several days for their emergence and light show. The name firefly, lightning bug or glow worm can be interchanged and belongs to the beetle family of which there are ...

Some Floridians never see a firefly in their home state, but others are a little luckier. If you’re under the impression you can’t see “lightning bugs” in Florida, you probably just don ...

with roughly 12 countries hosting over a million lightning-bug-obsessed tourists every year. Japan in particular dedicates many parks and green spaces to firefly viewing events in the warm summer ...