“Fireflies tend to be heavily dependent on moisture, and they love humid nights after a rain,” said Hetherington. What's the ...

There are threats to fireflies as well ... The name firefly, lightning bug or glow worm can be interchanged and belongs to the beetle family of which there are more than 2,000.

In the United States, glowing insects are known as "fireflies" or "lightning bugs" depending on where you live. "Firefly" is the more common term in the West and New England, while people in the ...

The winged creatures, also known as lightning bugs, were a summer highlight for many ... “Nocturne” layers in the sounds of ...