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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VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days agoIn German, they’re Glühwürmchen (“glow worms”).
ChrysanthemumIndica@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
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?
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.