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[-] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

No fireflies where I live, but that doesn't mean my childhood was free of a beautiful insect swarm.

My area had a bad outbreak of cockchafers I got to enjoy.

[-] makyo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

And an equally beautiful name for that fine insect

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I have never heard of that insect.

[-] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Despite the name and status as a pest (they are literally European scarabs), I feel nostalgic whenever I see one. Farmers ruthlessly fought them, so there hasn't been a swarming event here in at least 20 years.

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