Comment on Lightning bugs!!

ChrysanthemumIndica@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• GCanuck@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Fireflies is a much cooler name though.

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  • Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Image

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    • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If anybody tries to kill you, you try and kill 'em right back.

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    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Shiny

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• VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In German, they’re Glühwürmchen (“glow worms”).

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  • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Wait hold up, in Dutch we have glimwormen (“shimmer worms” ) but those don’t fly! They’re actual bioluminecent worms.

    Aren’t German Glühwürmchen the same thing?

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    • accideath@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Glühwürmchen definitely refers to the flying variant. Might also refer to non flying species but I’ve never seen or heard anyone talk about any of those. The term is probably just used for any type of glowing insect, no matter if worm or bug.

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  • ChrysanthemumIndica@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Interesting, interesting. We call the female lightning bugs here glow worms because they are wingless, but today I’m learning that is not the case for all species!

    Also Glühwürmchen is a cute word.

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