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Fireflies and Lightning Bugs

Posted on July 8, 2017 by The Twentieth Man

They are neither on fire, nor are they flies. They bear no correlation to lightning and they are simply not bugs. They are bioluminescent beetles, a species of winged insect. Yet we persist, none the less, in calling them fireflies … Continue reading →

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