But how did fireflies manage to catch lightning in a bottle? The answer is found in the bug's butt, or more specifically in its abdomen, in an organ called the lantern. This organ is a set of ...

Firefly larvae love eating slugs, snails, and other pests who would otherwise decimate your gardens. There are around 200 ...

What's the difference between a firefly and a lightning bug? Lightning bug and firefly are simply different names for the ...

So, be on the lookout the next several days for their emergence and light show. The name firefly, lightning bug or glow worm can be interchanged and belongs to the beetle family of which there are ...

Firefly larvae sometimes hunt communally, and feed on slugs, snails, earthworms and other insects by injecting paralyzing fluid before consuming their prey. Fireflies live on every continent except ...