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In that tape that spring, however, Smith saw some flashes in a 5-foot-10 lightning bug named Michael Bandy.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2025
Edgerton captures the essence of sorrow like lightning bugs in a jar; his sadness isn’t a dark, overbearing thing, but a source of gentle, mournful light.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Cooked over a crackling fire, surrounded by pitch pines, lightning bugs and scurrying squirrels, even something simple like a skillet of nachos can go from good to remarkable.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
Catching lightning bugs under the late in the day sunset with friends.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2025
Edgerton captures the essence of sorrow like lightning bugs in a jar; his sadness isn’t a dark, overbearing thing, but a source of gentle, mournful light.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Cooked over a crackling fire, surrounded by pitch pines, lightning bugs and scurrying squirrels, even something simple like a skillet of nachos can go from good to remarkable.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
Catching lightning bugs under the late in the day sunset with friends.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
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“Lightning bug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lightning%20bug. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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