Lightning Bug
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Lightning Bug can refer to:
- A fireflyFireflyLampyridae is a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies...
, particularly North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n PhotinusPhotinus (beetle)The rover fireflies are a genus of fireflies . They are the type genus of tribe Photinini in subfamily Lampyrinae. This genus contains, for example, the common eastern firefly , the state insect of Tennessee.Male Photinus beetles emit a flashing light pattern to signal for females...
, PhoturisPhoturis (genus)Photuris is a genus of fireflies wherein are the femme fatale fireflies of North America. This common name refers to the fact that the females of these predatory beetles mimic the light signals of other firefly species' males, to attract, kill, and eat them...
and Pyractomena - Lightning Bug (film)Lightning Bug (film)Lightning Bug is a 2004 horror film. It is the debut film by writer/director Robert Green Hall, an SFX makeup artist known primarily for his work on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the films, Laid to Rest and its sequel, ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2.It is a fictionalized account of Hall's...
, a 2004 horror film by writer/director Robert Hall - Ryan Model 147 Lightning BugRyan Model 147 Lightning BugThe Ryan Model 147 Lightning Bug was a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, developed from the earlier Ryan Firebee target drone series.-Ryan Model 136 Red Wagon and Lucy Lee:...
, an unmanned aerial vehicle