One of the joys of a Texas summer is the lightning bug. Or firefly, if you prefer the fancier name.
This little half-inch long insect is neither a bug nor a fly, but is actually a beetle, in the same family as the lady bug, the June bug and (ugh!) the cockroach.
There are some 176 species in the U.S. and 36 species in Texas.
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