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2. File:Fireflies, Georgia, US.jpg - Wikipedia

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3. File:Fireflies, Georgia, US (detail).jpg - Wikipedia

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   English: Fireflies in south Georgia, U.S., at the Butler Island Plantation. This is an 8-second exposure, with some fireflies flashing five or six times in that period. (the horizontal one above the building is an airplane.)

4. Firefly - Wikipedia

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   Fireflies have featured in human culture around the world for centuries. [55] In Japan, the emergence of fireflies ( Japanese : hotaru ) signifies the anticipated changing of the seasons; [ 56 ] firefly viewing is a special aesthetic pleasure of midsummer, celebrated in parks that exist for that one purpose. [ 57 ]

5. Where to see fireflies in the Triangle (and how to attract ...

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   Do you call them fireflies or lightning bugs? Either way, here’s where you can spot them nearby this summer (and have more of them in your yard). ... Home & Garden. Lighter Side. Medicare. new;

6. You may not see as many fireflies this summer - AOL

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   Fireflies flourish in fields, forests and marshes -- but these areas are being torn down and replaced with shopping malls and parking lots. There are fewer and fewer places for them to thrive. 2.

7. Photuris pensylvanica - Wikipedia

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   Fireflies are abundant in Pennsylvania and are enjoyed for their ability to "transform a midsummer night into a fairyland of tiny, brilliant twinkling lights" [3] Discovering that there was a species of firefly named after their state and that no other U.S. state had adopted a firefly as its state insect, the students began their campaign to ...

8. Why do fireflies only come out in the summer? - AOL

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   Fireflies are found throughout the United States, according to the National Wildlife Federation. Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee is a hotspot to see thousands of synchronous ...

9. Photinus pyralis - Wikipedia

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   Photinus pyralis contain steroid compounds called lucibufagins, which make them taste bad to potential predators, such as birds, bats, and other insects. However, some species of Photuris fireflies lack lucibufigins, and they prey on P. pyralis males in order to acquire the steroids for themselves. Although the lucibufagins are a defense ...