its real simple

[wildhorses]

what do YOU call them?

[EstimatedProphet]

1. Other

Lampyrids

[wildhorses]

2. ya geek!!

:rofl:

:loveya:

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear wildhorses....

I don't know what I call them.....:cry:

They don't exist here.....

*sigh*

[wildhorses]

4. you got to be kidding me!!!

wonder why not??

they are one of my favorite things about summer...

:hug:

:hi:

[Adsos Letter]

5. Since the days of my youth, when I was exposed to

Dennis the Menace comic books they have, and ever shall be, "Lightnin' Bugs" (although California Peggy is quite correct, we no got them out here). I did see them Back East, though. Very cool! Must have been a lot of fun during certain party moments in the 60's :evilgrin:

[wildhorses]

8. i take pity on y'all

you had a deprived childhood

:hug:

[Adsos Letter]

9. Yes, yes,...I keep trying to convince the IRS that they should

give me some kind of tax-waiver because of it. :D

[Ptah]

6. Other

firebugs ?

Lighteningflies ?

I only saw them one summer in Michigan.

They are rural myths in Montana and Arizona.

[wildhorses]

7. i really feel for sorry for you guys out west ---

:wow:

i never knew that about it.

they are very cool little critters:bounce:


what did you catch and put in jars on long summer nights?

[Ptah]

10. Don't feel bad for me, we had fields of gold, and the Milky Way and the Northern Lights.

And Glacier PArk:


http://www.nps.gov/glac/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm

[Adsos Letter]

11. Yay for Glacier Park...

and the "Going to the Sun" hiway! :D First big Summer vacation I remember from my youth.

[wildhorses]

12. i guess it all evens out --

thanks for the pics and the link:loveya:

:hug:

[Joe Fields]

13. They are lightning bugs, and you can catch them by the jar full in Missouri,

for about a month. Did you ever pull their tails off and rub them on your arms and face?

[wildhorses]

14. why yes. yes, i did.

fun wasn't it?

[Joe Fields]

16. tomboy?

[wildhorses]

17. who me?

:blush:

:woohoo:

:kick:

[Critters2]

15. There is nothing cooler than sitting outside on my

grandparents' (now my father's) farm, and watching them rise out of the cornfields. Quite the show!

And everyone knows they're lightning bugs!

[wildhorses]

19. yes, they do put on a wonderful show

:hi:

[stuntcat]

18. lite'nin bugs

:bug:

[wildhorses]

20. i believe that is the correct pronunciation!!

aren't they amazing little creatures?

:hi: