pauldavidmena
Super Nomad
Posts: 1721
Registered: 5-23-2013
Location: Centerville, MA, USA
Member Is Offline
|
|
"firefly"
There are multiple words for "firefly" in English, including "lightning bug" and "glow worm," so it's of little surprise that the same is true in
Spanish. The Castilian-centric WordReference.com lists a primary translation of "luciérnaga", but alternate translations include "cocuyo" and
"carbunco." What translations for firefly are most common in Mexico. For that matter, how common are fireflies themselves in Baja?
|
|
AKgringo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6051
Registered: 9-20-2014
Location: Anchorage, AK (no mas!)
Member Is Offline
Mood: Retireded
|
|
I have never seen one west of the Rocky Mountains, or in a desert climate for that matter.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
|
|
SFandH
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7094
Registered: 8-5-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
My Mexicali born and raised friend says luciérnaga is correct.
The last time I've seen them I was vacationing in the Dominican Republic.
|
|
RFClark
Super Nomad
Posts: 2463
Registered: 8-27-2015
Member Is Offline
Mood: Delighted with 2024 and looking forward to 2025
|
|
I’ve not seen any to date in BCS or Puerto Vallarta when I worked there.
|
|
stillnbaja
Senior Nomad
Posts: 515
Registered: 5-4-2023
Member Is Offline
|
|
little guys are having a rough go
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interacti...
|
|
surabi
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5262
Registered: 5-6-2016
Member Is Online
|
|
I have seen them where I live an hour north of Puerto Vallarta. Not often. But one summer night I was sitting next to the arroyo just below my place,
the water flowing gently, a full moon, and there were hundreds of fireflies. It was quite magical.
|
|
JZ
Select Nomad
Posts: 10868
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
We had thousands and thousands of them when I was a kid growing up in the 80's in Ohio. We called them lightening bugs.
[Edited on 7-16-2023 by JZ]
|
|
pauldavidmena
Super Nomad
Posts: 1721
Registered: 5-23-2013
Location: Centerville, MA, USA
Member Is Offline
|
|
My parents had a vacation home in upstate New York and we'd see them throughout the summer around dusk. We see them occasionally here on Cape Cod, but
definitely not in the numbers we would have seen years ago.
|
|