lightning bug
Summer night flasher
A lightning bug is a firefly—a beetle that produces flashes of bioluminescent light, typically seen on summer evenings.
The term is more common in the American South and Midwest, while firefly predominates elsewhere: We caught lightning bugs in a jar when I was a kid.
Wide-mouthed storage vessel
- catchingAble to be transmitted
- backyardOutdoor space behind home
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- chaseRapid following of quarry
magic · twilight · dusk · cupped hands · mason jar · barefoot · summer vacation · porch
Hard-winged insect
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- wingedHaving flight appendages
glowworm · exoskeleton · metamorphosis · soft-bodied · predator · eggs · invertebrate · entomology
Light after sunset
- duskDimming after sundown
- humidContaining much moisture
- cricketsJumping insects that chirp
- cicadasDroning winged insects
warm · muggy · July · August · evening · meadow · field · fireflies
Steady, soft light
- luminescenceHeatless light emission
- chemiluminescenceLight from molecular reactions
- abdomenTorso's lower cavity
- signalMessage-conveying cue
lantern · pulse · flicker · illuminate · enzyme · oxygen · ATP · yellow-green
jar
Wide-mouthed storage vessel
chase · magic · twilight · dusk · cupped hands · mason jar · barefoot · summer vacation · porch · screen door
beetle
Hard-winged insect
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
winged · glowworm · exoskeleton · metamorphosis · soft-bodied · predator · eggs · invertebrate · entomology · species
twilight
Light after sunset
cicadas · warm · muggy · July · August · evening · meadow · field · fireflies · starlight
glow
Steady, soft light
- luminescenceHeatless light emission
- chemiluminescenceLight from molecular reactions
- abdomenTorso's lower cavity
signal · lantern · pulse · flicker · illuminate · enzyme · oxygen · ATP · yellow-green · synchronous
fleeting
Passing very quickly
vanishing · fading · blinking · delicate · fragile · short-lived · winking · flickering · elusive · dancing
- Bioluminescencefirefly, glowworm, glow worm, anglerfish, lanternfish
- firefliesfirefly, glowworm, glow-worm, glow worm
- night insectsmoth, firefly, mosquito, gnat, luna moth
- Beetle Familiesclick beetle, firefly, glowworm
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- beetlesbeetle, beetles, scarab beetle, scarab, scarabs
light, lighten, lightning, bugbear, lightnings, lightning bolt, lightning rod, lightning bugs