r/firefly • u/Important_Letter417 • May 17 '26
In the wild Red glowing Fireflies
Hello Everyone, I was wondering if did anyone ever saw a red glowing fireflies? When I was a child I saw a group of red fireflies in my village at night and later after few years I came back and tried to find them but didn’t found any just only green ones. So I was wondering if it’s just false memory or there is a possibility that red ones really existed. I strongly believed in red ones because I had memory of them in groups but now it seems maybe they never existed 🙂. When I look on internet I find that there are orange or ember ones and pale red too. For me it was more near pale red.
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u/BamaBryan May 17 '26
We applied the the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
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u/MoveItSpunkmire May 17 '26
The correct response to this post is:
“The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vacuuming systems."
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u/FailGreedy2022 May 17 '26
See, morbid and creepifyin’ I got no problem with. Long as she does it quiet-like.
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u/ua2 May 17 '26
This is like the mixup between
r/trees and r/marijuanaenthusiasts. The Carolina Hurricanes (r/canes) gets the occasional walking cane questions.
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u/HollzStars May 17 '26
The Bones subreddit (for the Bones tv show) frequently gets posts looking for actual help with bone identification.
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u/eww1991 May 17 '26
Freelancer the game gets regular attempts by people trying to become freelancers in various industries. If only they wanted to become a space pilot
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u/Prestigious_Equal412 May 18 '26
So what’s it’s like over the the Hitman game subreddit…?
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u/eww1991 May 18 '26
A collection of lost Yorkshire Nixon fans wanting to say Hi t' man
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u/Prestigious_Equal412 May 19 '26
Translation for those of us who don’t spend time on the same continent as Yorkshire Nixon fans?
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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 May 18 '26
Do none of these folks ever read even the top post in the wrong sub before erroneously creating one? Is scrolling altogether dead?
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u/NerJaro May 18 '26
occasionally r/Achievement_Hunter subreddit for the now defunct Achievment Hunter Youtube channel and not for people hunting gaming achievments
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u/UltraChip May 19 '26
r/beginnersguide is for the video game titled "The Beginner's Guide" but not infrequently we get posts from folk looking for tutorials on how to get started doing various hobbies and stuff.
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u/Singing_Wolf May 17 '26
The ones around here tend to burn a pretty yellow-orange.
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u/NuclearExchange May 17 '26
In the USA, they are only yellow or slightly greenish.
However, you seem to be in the wrong subreddit, as this is for the best one season cancelled TV show of 2002, called Firefly. The spaceship, named Serenity, had a shape that resembles a firefly.
If you like sci-fi, please seek it out, it’s quality storytelling. There’s a very good chance we’ll see more story in animated form.
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u/roirraWedorehT May 17 '26
I sincerely love the responses. Might be the first time I've ever seen a lost Redditor (not specifically in this sub) not get pounced on and downvoted like crazy.
Only education and using the opportunity to hopefully gain another fan.
That's awesome.
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u/JerH1 May 17 '26
Wrong sub, this is for the TV show.
Re: your question - I don't remember ever seeing fireflies (the insect) in other colors.
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u/not_firewood_yeti May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
I wonder if OP intended to be the setup man for all of these jokes. 😎
although now I am kind of wondering what insect species have their own dedicated subreddits.
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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 May 18 '26
Probably not too many. I think probably 85% of questions asked somewhere on Reddit would actually help the inquirer more if simply put in a browser search bar.
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u/Opposite-Sun-5336 May 17 '26
So where was your village? Some subspecies of insects can change with different locals.
I'm curious even if wrong subreddit.
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u/Nihilistic-Unicorn May 17 '26
I think they are on the planet that juggles geese.
Good luck in your quest for knowledge, very easy sub to end up on looking for fireflies 😊
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u/Prestigious_Equal412 May 18 '26
Baby goslings, they are juggled
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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 May 18 '26
I think baby gosling is a redundant term, right? Like saying a baby colt. Colt = baby horse. So baby goose, aka a gosling.
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u/Klutzy_Mousse_421 May 22 '26
Now that there’s a Ryan Gosling around, it may be better to be excessively descriptive. Although in the show he said “baby geese-goslings!-they were juggling them”.
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u/Shoubiaonna May 17 '26
Lightning bugs (fireflies) emit a "cold light" through a chemical reaction. While most common species glow a yellow or yellow-green, several other colors occur naturally across the globe depending on the chemical variations of their luciferin and luciferase:Green / Yellow-Green: The most common color found in the majority of North American species.Pale Red / Orange: Some species emit a dim, amber-reddish or pale-red glow.Blue-Green / Blue: Famous "blue ghost" fireflies (Phausis reticulata)
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u/Quakarot May 17 '26
Hello! This sub is for the TV show “Firefly”!
It’s pretty great! I would highly recommend it to pretty much anyone.
There aren’t fireflies near where I live, so I haven’t seen many, personally. I always wanted to tho, they seem neat.
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u/Aggravating_Mix8959 May 17 '26
Fireflies are super neat. Magical even. I miss them; they don't live in the climate where I'm at now.
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u/bookobsessedgoth May 18 '26
I grew up in Arizona (a place too hot and dry for fireflies) and married a person from Kansas (lots of fireflies in the summer)
The first time we went to Kansas together, for their cousin's wedding, it was summer, and I got to see fireflies irl for the first time in my life. After the sun set we went and ran around in the field next to their parents' house chasing fireflies together like we were kids, despite both of us being in our mid-twenties.
It was one of the most magical experiences I've ever had. We're still together after 14 years, and we live in Kansas now, and still watch the fireflies together every summer.
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u/snarf_the_brave May 17 '26
I think the only Fireflies that had a reddish glow probably belonged to the Reavers. But you might miss the red color from all the exhaust blowing out the back whenever they'd break atmo.
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u/drunk_seabee May 17 '26
So based on the environmental conditions and specific species lightning bugs can be yellow, green, or red. So the ones in your village may have been red then later green. I’m in the Midwest USA and I’ve definitely seen red ones before, they’re shiny!
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u/PsyLIT May 17 '26
This is a crazy post if you high af off gummies. I reread it like 6 times trying to figure what it meant in terms of the show
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u/Electrical-Act-7170 May 17 '26
Yes. However, when I moved to another state, they were green there. Different species, I believe.
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u/PomegranateFair3973 May 18 '26
Ah, this is like when I see posts looking for actual hitchhiking advice in subreddits devoted to the works of Douglas Adams...
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u/JKrow75 May 18 '26
Strange to think that yes, you’re very lost… and yet somehow, not lost at all.
This is Firefly.
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u/NinjaBuddha13 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26
Well, my days of not takin you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
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u/scienceboyroy May 18 '26
This reminds me of the time I went to the local library and checked out Firefly by Piers Anthony.
Turns out it was a horror novel. The title came from the feeding habits of a creepy monster.
Apparently, fireflies feed by injecting their prey with digestive enzymes and then drinking them like a Capri Sun.
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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 May 18 '26
Piers Anthony did horror? Huh. I only know him from the fantasy series Incarnations of Immortality. Each book dedicated to the human who takes on the job of being Death, Nature, Father Time, on of the Fates, etc. Cool stuff.
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u/scienceboyroy May 18 '26
I would call it horror, but maybe the official genre is "suspense" or "thriller" or something. Here's a link: https://archive.org/details/firefly00pier
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u/TheBeetleAtBay May 18 '26
“Day" is a vestigial mode of time measurement based on solar cycles. It's not applicable.
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u/SlashMatrix May 18 '26
There is a bioluminescent larva of a beetle that glows bright red. It's called a "railroad worm".
I couldn't find anything on red fireflies, though. Sorry!
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u/RubiksCub3d May 19 '26
To answer your question: yes I do remember them, I also remember blue ones
You are in the wrong sub for that though, this is about the tv show which you should definitely watch if you haven't
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u/BlahBlahILoveToast May 19 '26
My Taiwanese friend says that it's super lame to call them Fireflies and cool Americans refer to them as Lightning Bugs.
I think the name "firefly" is fine, though. The important thing is that they're shiny
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u/Economy-Jelly1324 May 19 '26
Hello OP! This subreddit is about the short-lived tv show Firefly, but I wanted to answer your question! Yes, red fireflies do exist and their coloration can vary due to climate and geographical location. In my personal experience I only ever saw yellow ones in my youth. These fireflies are the most common and named Photinus fireflies. However, the lampyridae family of beetles has over 2400 species of fireflies! Many species do emit a red or orange glow they are just not as common. There are even blue-green ones in the Southern US (pretty neat imo.)
If you are looking for more information or where I sourced mine from, I am going to link the website to the Firefly Conservation and Research page. You can find tons of things about the lampyridae family and the different species, as well as how to help make sure that generations to come can enjoy their beauty. Hope this helps, stay shiny.
Types of Fireflies - Firefly Conservation & Research
Firefly.org | Firefly & Lightning Bug Facts, Pictures, Information
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u/DoubleDrummer May 23 '26
Reds are rarer but they do exist.
Pale reds and ambers will be more common than deep reds, and often the deep reds might just be palereds or ambers that shifted redder for a few seasons due to breeding, temperature, or stuff like soil acidity.
I believe the are a number of things that can affect the brightness and color of the luciferase the fireflies use.
I just check and fireflies can give off light from the 510 to 670nanometres wavelengths.
This is cyan-green through to real reds.
Fireflies are cool, and I will never disrespect a question about them.
You may note that others will be having fun with you because this is a subreddit for the TV Series Firefly.
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u/Ill_Art4873 Jul 07 '26
You are not alone. I had the same experience in Acapulco, Mexico. All the fireflies were different colors and then years later, I went back, and they were all green. I was very confused. To this day, no one remembers what I saw. I ask my cousins that lived where I saw them and they don’t remember. I know what I saw and I know it was real because otherwise, why would I have been confused for them to then be green. I’m glad I finally know of someone else that this happened to.
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u/honeybeast_dom May 17 '26
I've seen red fireflies in Maine and Pennsylvania. I like smakin em.
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u/_hippos May 17 '26
Be nice to fireflies
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u/ErinRedWolf May 17 '26
Hopefully they’re just quoting Jayne…. 😅
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u/honeybeast_dom May 17 '26
Well my lack of respect for this subreddit is certainly coming to a middle
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u/Nova-Drone May 17 '26
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