East Coast Eddie: Quick Summer Poll

Sunday, July 03, 2005

Tell me...

"Lightning bugs" or "Fire flies"?

When I grew up, we called them "lightning bugs"...

At July 03, 2005 3:41 PM, Anonymous said...: We never had any where I grew up. I think I've always referred to them as fireflys.

My husband remembers calling them lightening bugs.

The first time I ever saw some, was while we were living in Massachusetts. I was about 27 years old, but our daughter was about 3 and she LOVED them! She knows them as fireflys.
At July 03, 2005 6:43 PM, T said...: It's always been lightning bugs with my family.
At July 04, 2005 1:14 PM, Whacky Wheelers said...: Fireflys . . . we used to catch them and put them in jars AND we used to take them and write our initials with their fluorescent glow! Eeewww!
At July 05, 2005 2:40 AM, mrkhmusic said...: I grew up in Indiana, where they are in abundance, especially in June and July. We called them by both names.

MRKH
At July 05, 2005 1:56 PM, NFlanders said...: I have to go with fireflies. The first time I ever saw one was when I moved to Virginia.