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[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

No fireflies where I live, but that doesn't mean my childhood was free of a beautiful insect swarm.

My area had a bad outbreak of cockchafers I got to enjoy.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I have never heard of that insect.

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Despite the name and status as a pest (they are literally European scarabs), I feel nostalgic whenever I see one. Farmers ruthlessly fought them, so there hasn't been a swarming event here in at least 20 years.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Lightning bugs swarm??? That's simultaneously awesome and terrifying, or maybe terrifyingly awesome. Now I want to see a lightning bug swarm even more than an intense meteor storm.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

And an equally beautiful name for that fine insect