Album comments on Lightning bugs!!

submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] Album@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Different areas have different lightning bugs too. The ones in southern ontario are not the same as the ones in the midwest US.

[–] spamfajitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They have distinct blinking patterns as well. IIRC observing the pattern is one of the ways used to classify them.

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[–] Album@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

and colours!

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[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

Except when it's a firefly pretending to be a different species of firefly.

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