calling any one from missouri

[OhZark Biddies]

We call them daddy long legs and skeeter eater... anyone seen any fireflies?

JT

Yep we’ve been seeing fireflies here... sometimes we call them ‘lightning bugs’ .... my niece called them ’blinky bugs’ when she was little, lol

 

[shawluvsbirds]

girlynappers? That’s a new one for me

Really? I've heard that all my life.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Yep we’ve been seeing fireflies here... sometimes we call them ‘lightning bugs’ .... my niece called them ’blinky bugs’ when she was little, lol

We calls them
Lightnin bugs here.

 

[SueT]

Lots of fireflies here! When I was a kid we did call them lightning bugs. I just love them!
The following is from firefly.org
FIREFLY FACT
Number of Species
In North America, there are an estimated 170+ species. Worldwide there is estimated 2000+ species. These numbers are going up as new Lampyridae species are described by scientists.
Here are a few of the common names given to fireflies around the world:
Firefly
Firefly Beetle
Glow Worm – British word, sometimes used to refer to firefly larvae.
Glow Fly
Moon Bug
Lightning Bug
Golden Sparkler
Fire Devils
Hotaru – The Japanese word for firefly.
Big Dipper
Blinkie – Jamaican term.
Peeni Wallie – Jamaican name for firefly
Jugnu or जुगनू – Hindi word for firefly
Minna-Minni – This is a Malayalam word for firefly. Malayalam (ma-la-yaa-lam) is the official language of the state of Kerala in India. Kerala is situated in the western peninsular tip of southern India.
ಮಿಂಚುಹುಳು (Minchuhulu) – Kannada word for firefly. Kannada is a language spoken widely in the southern part of India, especially the state of Karnataka.
Luciérnaga – The Spanish (spoken) word for firefly.
Cucubanos – Spanish (spoken) word used in Caribbean islands such as Puerto Rico and Cuba.
Ipurtargi – Basque language (Spoken in Spain & France)
Cuques de llum – Catalan name for fireflies from the principality of Catalonia in northeastern Spain near Barcelona.
Vaga-Lume or Pirilampos – Portuguese word for firefly.
Kelip-Kelip – (congregating firefly) in the Malay language in Malaysia.
Kunang-Kunang – (mostly for solitary firefly) or api-api in the Malay language in Malaysia.
Minnaminungu – ‘Malayalam’ language spoken in the state of ‘Kerala’ in India.
Kalamadiriya – Sinhala language of Sri Lanka
Leuchtkäfer – German
Glühwurm – German (Term for the firefly larvae (similar to Glow Worm)
Glühwürmchen – German (Cuter term that mostly children would use.)
Luciole – French
Mouche à feu – French Canadian (non-formal)
светлячок – Russian
Glimworm: – Dutch
Lucciola: – Italian
Πυγολαμπίδα – Greek name for firefly
ホタル Japanese
개똥벌레 Korean
螢火蟲 Chinese (traditional)
萤火虫 Chinese (simplified)
Hing Hoy or หิ่งห้อย – The vernacular name for fireflies in Thai language.
גחלילית of Gakhlilit – Hebrew word for firefly meaning “little ember” or “little spark”.
Vuurvliegie – Afrikaans (a cross between Dutch and English)
Tulikärpänen – Finnish
Alitaptap – Tagalog language (Also known as Filipino. Spoken in the Philippines.)
Ates Bocegi – The name for firefly in Turkish
Szentjánosbogár – Hungarian
Wauwatosa – Potawatomi Native American Indian name for firefly
Ildflue – Norwegian word for firefly
Licurici – Romanian
يراعة – Arabic
Muzbieh il-lejl – Maltese word for glowworm from the island nation of Malta.

Got a unique name for fireflies, or know their name in another language? Tell us about it! Submit it, and we’ll put it up on our site.

More than half of the translations listed above are a result of submissions to Firefly.org! Thank you!

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Lots of fireflies here! When I was a kid we did call them lightning bugs. I just love them!
The following is from firefly.org
FIREFLY FACT
Number of Species
In North America, there are an estimated 170+ species. Worldwide there is estimated 2000+ species. These numbers are going up as new Lampyridae species are described by scientists.
Here are a few of the common names given to fireflies around the world:
Firefly
Firefly Beetle
Glow Worm – British word, sometimes used to refer to firefly larvae.
Glow Fly
Moon Bug
Lightning Bug
Golden Sparkler
Fire Devils
Hotaru – The Japanese word for firefly.
Big Dipper
Blinkie – Jamaican term.
Peeni Wallie – Jamaican name for firefly
Jugnu or जुगनू – Hindi word for firefly
Minna-Minni – This is a Malayalam word for firefly. Malayalam (ma-la-yaa-lam) is the official language of the state of Kerala in India. Kerala is situated in the western peninsular tip of southern India.
ಮಿಂಚುಹುಳು (Minchuhulu) – Kannada word for firefly. Kannada is a language spoken widely in the southern part of India, especially the state of Karnataka.
Luciérnaga – The Spanish (spoken) word for firefly.
Cucubanos – Spanish (spoken) word used in Caribbean islands such as Puerto Rico and Cuba.
Ipurtargi – Basque language (Spoken in Spain & France)
Cuques de llum – Catalan name for fireflies from the principality of Catalonia in northeastern Spain near Barcelona.
Vaga-Lume or Pirilampos – Portuguese word for firefly.
Kelip-Kelip – (congregating firefly) in the Malay language in Malaysia.
Kunang-Kunang – (mostly for solitary firefly) or api-api in the Malay language in Malaysia.
Minnaminungu – ‘Malayalam’ language spoken in the state of ‘Kerala’ in India.
Kalamadiriya – Sinhala language of Sri Lanka
Leuchtkäfer – German
Glühwurm – German (Term for the firefly larvae (similar to Glow Worm)
Glühwürmchen – German (Cuter term that mostly children would use.)
Luciole – French
Mouche à feu – French Canadian (non-formal)
светлячок – Russian
Glimworm: – Dutch
Lucciola: – Italian
Πυγολαμπίδα – Greek name for firefly
ホタル Japanese
개똥벌레 Korean
螢火蟲 Chinese (traditional)
萤火虫 Chinese (simplified)
Hing Hoy or หิ่งห้อย – The vernacular name for fireflies in Thai language.
גחלילית of Gakhlilit – Hebrew word for firefly meaning “little ember” or “little spark”.
Vuurvliegie – Afrikaans (a cross between Dutch and English)
Tulikärpänen – Finnish
Alitaptap – Tagalog language (Also known as Filipino. Spoken in the Philippines.)
Ates Bocegi – The name for firefly in Turkish
Szentjánosbogár – Hungarian
Wauwatosa – Potawatomi Native American Indian name for firefly
Ildflue – Norwegian word for firefly
Licurici – Romanian
يراعة – Arabic
Muzbieh il-lejl – Maltese word for glowworm from the island nation of Malta.

Got a unique name for fireflies, or know their name in another language? Tell us about it! Submit it, and we’ll put it up on our site.

More than half of the translations listed above are a result of submissions to Firefly.org! Thank you!

Wow... I had no idea there were that many species of fireflies... I wonder how many we have in Missouri?

I have fond memories of our granny giving us kids mason jars to catch them...

Then she’d make a ‘pallet on the floor’ of blankets and pillows and we’d all lay down and let a couple fireflies out and watch them on the ceiling till we fell asleep

 

[jthornton]

I hate to say this but you better get your sou'wester out...

JT

 

[jthornton]

I have fond memories of our granny giving us kids mason jars to catch them...

I used to catch them in a mason jar when we visited the grandparents in NC. Can't remember what I did with them. Never saw any in south Louisiana or Alaska when I was growing up.

JT

 

[OhZark Biddies]

I hate to say this but you better get your sou'wester out...

JT

I’m okay with that... we could use some showers... so the blackberries don’t burn up!

 

[Crestcrazy2]

Hello all !
I live in a family of thirteen ( totally not a lot .lol) we have twenty nine chickens , three dogs , four horses, one quail and more in the Bator , one parikeet and one cat .

Does anyone have success with keeping four roosters with twenty five hens ?!?!?!?!
Does anyone hear want a leghorn x Mosaic cross chick (he's a roo sadly)
What are y'all talking bout other than lightnin bugs , haha.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Hi Crestcrazy2, how ya doing? What part of MO are you in? What kind of roosters do you have? How old are they and how are they getting along so far?