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lightning bug
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lightning bug: see firefly firefly or lightning bug, small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical.
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firefly

 or lightning bug

Any of the nocturnal luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae, consisting of about 1,900 species that inhabit tropical and temperate regions (including the common glowworm). Adult fireflies are 0.2–1 in. (5–25 mm) long and have light-producing organs on the underside of the abdomen. The soft, flattened, dark-brown or black body is often marked with orange or yellow. Some adult fireflies do not eat; others feed on pollen and nectar. Most fireflies produce short, rhythmic flashes in a pattern that is characteristic of the species and an important mating signal.



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This undemanding, fast-paced novel offers an atmospheric Maine setting, a hero to root for, and, in Skiff's clipped narrative voice ("outside the shed is a swarm of lightning bugs shining like little stars in the tall grass.
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When night fell, if they weren't too exhausted, we played cards or checkers and caught lightning bugs.
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in which the sporadic sound of frogs accompanies the minimal but evocative glowing of lightning bugs.
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