#firefly facts

[multisnapshott]

Fireflies: Amazing Glowing Insects – Fascinating Facts, Life Cycle, Habitat, and Why They Light Up

Fireflies are among nature’s most magical creatures. On warm summer evenings, these tiny glowing insects transform parks, forests, gardens, and meadows into sparkling displays of natural light. Although many people call them “lightning bugs,” they are actually beetles, not flies. In this guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know about fireflies, including why they glow, where they live,…

Fireflies: Amazing Glowing Insects – Fascinating Facts, Life Cycle, Habitat, and Why They Light Up

[sciencelearning]

Bioluminescence is an intriguing occurrence that happens in organisms such as fireflies. Discover the interesting facts of these lightning bugs!

[thevalicemultiverse]

Fireflies are so pretty. It makes you forget they spend half their lives as maggots.

Oh, no -- fireflies are actually a kind of beetle, not a subspecies of fly. The larvae don’t feed on rotting flesh. They actively hunt prey -- snails and worms are favorites. Certain species may even eat other fireflies! 

. . .I’m not helping their case, am I?

[most-human-color]

Dunno if these are true, but they're cool.

[everythingisfineandcasual]

one of the many reasons why i love nathan fillion

[metaorigin]

Actually, whenever they swear in Firefly they are speaking Chinese. The idea being that the two superpowers left on Earth were the US and China, so everyone spoke English and Chinese. It also meant that they were able to get swearing past the censors.

that was chinese?!?! did the cast actually learn it or they just memorised lines?oooh i can actually see that happening.lols clever way to get past the censor!