Those floating incandescent insects that are harmless, only come out during a short period in the summer, and are known by many names—most commonly either lightning bugs or fireflies.

And these lightning bugs with their flickering light shows make summer nights feel all the more magical and romantic. But how did fireflies manage to catch lightning in a bottle? The answer is ...

There are threats to fireflies as well ... The name firefly, lightning bug or glow worm can be interchanged and belongs to the beetle family of which there are more than 2,000.

Glow-worms belong to the family Lampyridae. The beetles in this group are commonly known as fireflies or lightning bugs. There are over 2,000 lampyrid species currently known to science. Generally, ...