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minus-squareTudsamfa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoNo 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.
minus-squareKühlschrank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAnd an equally beautiful name for that fine insect
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI have never heard of that insect.
minus-squareTudsamfa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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.
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.
And an equally beautiful name for that fine insect
I have never heard of that insect.
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.