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Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427374 06/28/25 07:22 AM 06/28/25 07:22 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Missouri M mississippiposse trapper
mississippiposse trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Missouri	Lightning bugs

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427375 06/28/25 07:27 AM 06/28/25 07:27 AM
Joined: Nov 2010 pa. J jarentz trapper
jarentz trapper J Joined: Nov 2010 pa.	lightning bugs, Grandkids call them fireflies jarentz

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427376 06/28/25 07:31 AM 06/28/25 07:31 AM
Joined: Nov 2014 east central WI D Dirty D trapper
Dirty D trapper D Joined: Nov 2014 east central WI	fireflies

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427393 06/28/25 08:10 AM 06/28/25 08:10 AM
Joined: Jan 2009 Nebraska T Trapset trapper
Trapset trapper T Joined: Jan 2009 Nebraska	Lightning bug, had a big hatch here the other night. www.rtssetter.com

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: Trapset] #8427403 06/28/25 08:48 AM 06/28/25 08:48 AM
Joined: Feb 2019 ontario, canada O old243 trapper
old243 trapper O Joined: Feb 2019 ontario, canada	I have heard that someone , could figure out the temperature, by how fast they blinked. Sorry, I don't have the formula. They are fire flies here . old243

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427405 06/28/25 08:51 AM 06/28/25 08:51 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 SW Pa B Bob Jameson trapper
Bob Jameson trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 SW Pa	I saved one from a bucket of water a few days ago. Must have been floating all nite by the time I found it and realized what it was. It dried out and was on its way. www.jamesonsultrablend.com www.wildlifepestcontrolservices.com

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427412 06/28/25 09:14 AM 06/28/25 09:14 AM
Joined: Nov 2023 West central Missouri R Raghorn67 trapper
Raghorn67 trapper R Joined: Nov 2023 West central Missouri	Fire fly or lightning bug

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: old243] #8427415 06/28/25 09:19 AM 06/28/25 09:19 AM
Joined: Dec 2024 Wisconsin CoyoteCowboy trapper
CoyoteCowboy trapper Joined: Dec 2024 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by old243 I have heard that someone , could figure out the temperature, by how fast they blinked. Sorry, I don't have the formula. They are fire flies here . old243 you can figure out the temperature by counting how many times a cricket chirps in 14 seconds, and then add 40 North to the Future!

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427417 06/28/25 09:23 AM 06/28/25 09:23 AM
Joined: Sep 2010 NC, Person Co. QuietButDeadly trapper
QuietButDeadly trapper Joined: Sep 2010 NC, Person Co.	I grew up calling the lightenin bugs but either name is pretty common here. Life Member: NCTA, VTA, NTA, TTFHA, MFTI Member: FTA

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427434 06/28/25 10:18 AM 06/28/25 10:18 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Killingly, CT Brian Mongeau trapper
Brian Mongeau trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Killingly, CT	Lightning bugs mostly.

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427436 06/28/25 10:20 AM 06/28/25 10:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2024 North East Utah That.darn.coon trapper
That.darn.coon trapper Joined: Jan 2024 North East Utah	Never even seen one ***** I save my sick days, because come winter, I'm gonna have a bad case of trappin fever *****

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427446 06/28/25 11:04 AM 06/28/25 11:04 AM
Joined: Dec 2022 illinois J jalstat trapper
jalstat trapper J Joined: Dec 2022 illinois	Glow bug

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427461 06/28/25 11:44 AM 06/28/25 11:44 AM
Joined: Feb 2016 Kentucky ky_coyote_hunter trapper
ky_coyote_hunter trapper Joined: Feb 2016 Kentucky	When I was a teenager in a dark summer field, with some hellacious primo Kentucky homegrown - I called them "enlightening bugs" Lol. Member - FTA

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427462 06/28/25 11:46 AM 06/28/25 11:46 AM
Joined: Feb 2019 ontario, canada O old243 trapper
old243 trapper O Joined: Feb 2019 ontario, canada	There was an old ditty about fire flies Glow little glow bug, light of fire, glow like an incdanescent wire. There were more words , but I can;t recall them. old 243

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427496 06/28/25 01:33 PM 06/28/25 01:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Ohio C Cooncreek II trapper
Cooncreek II trapper C Joined: Dec 2012 Ohio	We call em fun for the kids!

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427533 06/28/25 02:55 PM 06/28/25 02:55 PM
Joined: May 2010 Missouri B Broomchaser trapper
Broomchaser trapper B Joined: May 2010 Missouri	Lightnin bugs. Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US.

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427536 06/28/25 03:06 PM 06/28/25 03:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2024 North Pole, Alaska Husky trapper
Husky trapper Joined: Dec 2024 North Pole, Alaska	Fireflies

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427583 06/28/25 05:49 PM 06/28/25 05:49 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Pa. B Bigbrownie trapper
Bigbrownie trapper B Joined: Mar 2018 Pa.	Lightning bugs. My Grandparents called them glow bugs.

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427585 06/28/25 05:50 PM 06/28/25 05:50 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin	both but we also transcend the soda and pop line and call both depending. America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: What do y’all call this where you’re from? [Re: DelawareRob] #8427589 06/28/25 05:59 PM 06/28/25 05:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Williamsport, Pa. J jk trapper
jk trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Williamsport, Pa.	Both, in Asia some places they all light up in unison. Kind of neat looking......jk Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter

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