https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=172.70.111.137explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-17T13:16:43ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2808:_Daytime_Firefly&diff=320069Talk:2808: Daytime Firefly2023-08-01T14:27:49Z<p>172.70.111.137: Firefly info</p>
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Do fireflies still blink when it's light out? If not, I'm not sure how someone could easily tell that some random flying insect is a firefly. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 23:39, 28 July 2023 (UTC)<br />
:I've seen some indoors, flashing. I think it might have been in a dim room. But really it's not that hard to tell them from other common insects even without flashing. I would think you can differentiate bees, flies, lady bugs, mosquitoes, etc. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.98|172.70.126.98]] 00:25, 29 July 2023 (UTC)Pat<br />
::It's not easy if you never saw any clearly. Ok, from flies and bees, sure, but from other beetles ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 01:36, 29 July 2023 (UTC)<br />
::It's not too hard if you know what to look for - the most distinguishing feature from other beetles is their translucent abdomen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly#/media/File:Firefly_composite.jpg [[Special:Contributions/172.70.111.137|172.70.111.137]] 14:27, 1 August 2023 (UTC)<br />
Huge kudos to whoever made that Counting Crows reference in the "incomplete" box. [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous#Help_with_Creating_a_User_Page|Trogdor147]] ([[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous#Help_with_Creating_a_User_Page|talk]]) 02:12, 29 July 2023 (UTC)<br />
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Is it cannibalism if the predator is a different species? Perhaps "pseudo-cannabilzed"[[User:Boatster|Boatster]] ([[User talk:Boatster|talk]]) 02:24, 29 July 2023 (UTC)<br />
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Have there been a lot of firefly comics recently, or am I misremembering? [[User:R128|R128]] ([[User talk:R128|talk]]) 03:56, 29 July 2023 (UTC)<br />
:There was one earlier this month (#[[2802]]). [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous#Help_with_Creating_a_User_Page|Trogdor147]] ([[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous#Help_with_Creating_a_User_Page|talk]]) 02:42, 30 July 2023 (UTC)</div>172.70.111.137