Lightning bug or Firefly?
Lightning Bug: I've heard some other folks use that word... for a while I thought it was just my Dad.
Firefly: seems to be more common in the general US pop culture (TV, movies), but if you want to be technical, it is less correct since they are beetles and not flies. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Mark Twain once said, “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter -- it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
From National Geographic.
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