I'm in the Delaware valley as well and everyone I know here calls them fireflies. I think the naming distinction might vary more on a town-by-town basis.
I live in a city. Even if I was driving to rural areas there will be no fireflies. Farmers spray chemicals all over their fields which also harm bugs and flies and such.
I don't know about you, but I prefer my produce to not be eaten/infested by bugs. That's just me though, maybe you like eating weevils. Just make sure you always choose the lesser of the two.
in 99% of the US it's both. I've also seen maps like this of the inverse.
Deep south, my family and all the ones we knew always said "fireflies" ("Fah-yer-flahs"). I remember my yankeefied mother trying to get us to say "lightning bugs" instead so that we wouldn't sound "stupid". Obviously anecdotal, but I think it speaks to the stupidity of this particular distinction.
You clearly missed the overarching point I was making so I'll restate it here more obviously: Both terms are mixed in use very heavily and it can vary greatly in just a short walk, much less the objectively incorrect monoliths of nomenclature the above map paints.
My parents came from STL but I grew up in Maryland.
It's lightning bugs
Fireflies on TV shows, lightning bugs in real life.
Florida here. We don't have them, but they're called lightning bugs.
NEPA here, they are fireflies.
Delaware Valley here, they're lightning bugs.
I'm in the Delaware valley as well and everyone I know here calls them fireflies. I think the naming distinction might vary more on a town-by-town basis.
This little homie wasn't called Freddy The Firefly.
Discussion/thread OVER
Why lightning bugs and not lighting bugs? Are southerners stupid?
I live here and can confirm I hear both about 50/50
Fireflies have lights that glow continuously
lightning bugs have lights that flash on and off
So it's both.
all lightning bugs are fireflies, but not all fireflies are lightning bugs.
I lived in the South and nobody used "lightning bugs".
the wikipedia article is titled "Fireflies" so fireflies win
Hoosier Texan here, nobody in either state says "devils bug"
>night israelite
Lost
Flicker crtitter.
I live in Oregon and we don't have them here so I don't care what they're called, they're cryptids as far as I'm concerned.
Imagine living in a place without fireflies... Sad!
I live in a city. Even if I was driving to rural areas there will be no fireflies. Farmers spray chemicals all over their fields which also harm bugs and flies and such.
Blame farmers. Not me.
I don't know about you, but I prefer my produce to not be eaten/infested by bugs. That's just me though, maybe you like eating weevils. Just make sure you always choose the lesser of the two.
well-said, Monsanto. thanks for correcting the record on this
>you WILL eat da poison and you WILL be happy
Every time I see one of these data visualization maps of the US it's always completely fictional.
That's because there are no defined lines in America. I got a coworker from Minnesota who says "pop" instead of soda. I'm in Florida btw.
in 99% of the US it's both. I've also seen maps like this of the inverse.
Deep south, my family and all the ones we knew always said "fireflies" ("Fah-yer-flahs"). I remember my yankeefied mother trying to get us to say "lightning bugs" instead so that we wouldn't sound "stupid". Obviously anecdotal, but I think it speaks to the stupidity of this particular distinction.
Ik you're lying because lightning bugs were always considered the ignorant way to say it and fireflies were how fancy people say it
You clearly missed the overarching point I was making so I'll restate it here more obviously: Both terms are mixed in use very heavily and it can vary greatly in just a short walk, much less the objectively incorrect monoliths of nomenclature the above map paints.
Your mom's an idiot and you should let her know (not for choosing lightning bugs over fireflies, but simply her attitude and reasoning over it).
Good for you for not being on her level though.
glowey poppers
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