and are known by many names—most commonly either lightning bugs or fireflies. Both terms refer to the same family of insects, though we've also heard other creative labels such as firebugs ...

In a state where lightning bugs are a rare sight, these recent appearances are delightful and intriguing. Here's what to know ...

Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating ...

Narrator: There are over 2,000 individual firefly species, all within the taxonomic family of Lampyridae, which is pretty easy to remember. And these lightning bugs with their flickering light ...

But if the web belongs to an orb-weaver and the bug is a male firefly, it seems the trapped firefly — once bitten — ends up imitating a female’s flash pattern and luring other males to their ...

Six predators of this firefly were recorded: wolf spiders (n = 2) (Lycosidae), an orb weaver spider (Argiopidae), a harvestman (Phalangida), a giant water bug (Belostomatidae) and a tree frog (Hyla sp ...

The firefly bush in Minecraft is a great block that serves many purposes, apart from being a stunning visual addition to your world. You can use it as a compost material in the composter to create ...

In one iconic sequence, the team used black lighting to attract nocturnal insects like fireflies and stag beetles. “I was out black-lighting from dusk until 3 a.m. every night,” Dr. Carr ...

Like pigs, cows now have temperate, warm, and cold variants in Minecraft. Along with the new cow variants, Mojang has also ...

Until recently, tourists flocked here to watch a spectacular evening light show. Thousands of male Pteroptyx malaccae fireflies would gather in the three-story-tall mangrove trees that line the Mae ...

Photo: A hibiscus harlequin bug is pictured on set during an outback shoot for the “Tiny Heroes Down Under” episode ...