I grew up with Cicadas... and tree frogs. Nothing sums up summer in Florida like those two sounds (okay, and rain... real rain, not this pathetic spitting we get occasionally out here in the land of fruits and nuts).
Lightning bugs weren't so prevalent in my neighborhood (probably for the aforementioned reason of mosquito spraying), though I did see them often on visits to family and camping trips.
When I brought my kids East to visit my mom in rural PA, the lightning bugs were an amazement for them, for sure.
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