Fireflies, also known as lightning bugs, are nocturnal beetles beneficial to have in the garden. They **feed on slugs and snails (which especially like edibles like beans, lettuce, and tomatoes) that can destroy plants**. They don’t bite, and they’re not toxic. They also don’t carry diseases like other backyard insects.
Sweaty-Breakfast
Very much a friend
Community_adj_EBITDA
Super friend
Larkspur29
Friend 🙂 It’s a firefly for sure!
rollo202
Lightening bug…
condensermike
Friend.
PenelopeLane925
I have a bunch of fireflies that hang out on my cucumber vines during the day. Almost like a little apartment complex with the ladybug neighbors.
gottagrablunch
Super friend.
Outdoor_Releaf
Love them! The summer would not be the same without them. You are so lucky.
DontYouThinkSo2
Fire fly!!! Friend who lights up we love them!!
W33P1NG4NG3L
You would not believe your eyes
Autocannibal-Horse
Maximum friend.
leadlyent
Check the bottom of your leaves I’m fighting squash bugs 😭 they are enemy
WolfSilverOak
That’s a lightning bug, aka, firefly!
[Fun fact- they’re actually beetles and there’s 2,000 different species all over the world.](https://www.firefly.org/) Ok,so that was 2 fun facts. 😆
edmyhead
Looks like a lightning bug, friendly.
lavendersagemint
Lightning bugs!!! We have hundreds of them every night. They’re magical and the best bug.
sooslimtim187
I don’t believe my eyes
Jumpy_Tangelo9780
Friend!
Fresh-Signature1603
Friend! Miss seeing them- use to see them all summer growing up on the East Coast.
pattypph1
Lightning bugs are friends😀
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SoftInfernalLottie
Best friend. Life long friend. One of the boiz.
HumbleAbbreviations
A rare creature in my neck of the woods. Or should I say city. I miss them.
SlinkingUpBackstairs
I wish I saw these friends in my garden. Miss them.
Rinzy2000
Awwww. I miss lightning bugs.
Top-Fox9979
Lucky! We don’t have them here ( pnw).
80sLegoDystopia
Lighting bug! Fren.
Psychotic_EGG
FIREFLY!!! Depending on variety, they either eat pollen, nectar, or other fireflies. Either way, none are foes.
Pgreenawalt
Lightning bug! Miss those on these hot summer evenings.
antfurrny
Fireflies are great! We have l hundreds maybe thousands in our meadow and it’s such a cool light display during these summer nights
ProfessionalEvent484
The best of the best friend. I crack a beer with them every night 😎
outsidepointofvi3w
I would start trying off all the lights on your property at night. These guys breed by using the lights and a kind of Morse code. Light pollution kills the vast majority of these guys
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A firefly – nice to see one.
Fireflies, also known as lightning bugs, are nocturnal beetles beneficial to have in the garden. They **feed on slugs and snails (which especially like edibles like beans, lettuce, and tomatoes) that can destroy plants**. They don’t bite, and they’re not toxic. They also don’t carry diseases like other backyard insects.
Very much a friend
Super friend
Friend 🙂 It’s a firefly for sure!
Lightening bug…
Friend.
I have a bunch of fireflies that hang out on my cucumber vines during the day. Almost like a little apartment complex with the ladybug neighbors.
Super friend.
Love them! The summer would not be the same without them. You are so lucky.
Fire fly!!! Friend who lights up we love them!!
You would not believe your eyes
Maximum friend.
Check the bottom of your leaves I’m fighting squash bugs 😭 they are enemy
That’s a lightning bug, aka, firefly!
[Fun fact- they’re actually beetles and there’s 2,000 different species all over the world.](https://www.firefly.org/) Ok,so that was 2 fun facts. 😆
Looks like a lightning bug, friendly.
Lightning bugs!!! We have hundreds of them every night. They’re magical and the best bug.
I don’t believe my eyes
Friend!
Friend! Miss seeing them- use to see them all summer growing up on the East Coast.
Lightning bugs are friends😀
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Best friend. Life long friend. One of the boiz.
A rare creature in my neck of the woods. Or should I say city. I miss them.
I wish I saw these friends in my garden. Miss them.
Awwww. I miss lightning bugs.
Lucky! We don’t have them here ( pnw).
Lighting bug! Fren.
FIREFLY!!! Depending on variety, they either eat pollen, nectar, or other fireflies. Either way, none are foes.
Lightning bug! Miss those on these hot summer evenings.
Fireflies are great! We have l hundreds maybe thousands in our meadow and it’s such a cool light display during these summer nights
The best of the best friend. I crack a beer with them every night 😎
I would start trying off all the lights on your property at night. These guys breed by using the lights and a kind of Morse code. Light pollution kills the vast majority of these guys