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minus-squareChrysanthemumIndica@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI grew up calling them lightning bugs, and I’m so excited to see a thread full of people calling them the same!
minus-squareGCanuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoFireflies is a much cooler name though.
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoAnybody tries to kill you, you try and kill 'em right back.
minus-squareVeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoIn German, they’re Glühwürmchen (“glow worms”).
minus-squareFonzie!@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWait 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?
minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoGlühwürmchen 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.
I grew up calling them lightning bugs, and I’m so excited to see a thread full of people calling them the same!
Fireflies is a much cooler name though.
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Anybody tries to kill you, you try and kill 'em right back.
In German, they’re Glühwürmchen (“glow worms”).
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?
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.