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Firefly
Lampyridae is a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies...

is a common name for a bioluminescent beetle in the Lampyridae family.

Firefly or fireflies may also refer to:

Film and television

  • Firefly (TV series)
    Firefly (TV series)
    Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear....

    , a 2002 science fiction TV program created by Joss Whedon
    • Firefly media franchise, a science fiction franchise stemming from the TV program created by Joss Whedon
  • Firefly (film)
    Firefly (film)
    Firefly is an independent film directed by Pete Marcy and produced by Failure Boys, a small production company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was shot in Minnesota and Wisconsin with a $6,000 budget. It should not be confused with the 2002 Science Fiction production "Firefly".- Plot...

    , a 2005 independent film directed by Pete Marcy
  • Fireflies (TV series)
    Fireflies (TV series)
    Fireflies is an Australian television show which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia and RTÉ One in Ireland. It debuted on 7 February 2004 and screened as 22 episodes. The series was set in the fictional country town of Lost River, population 487...

    , a 2004 Australian TV series
  • The Firefly (operetta)
    The Firefly (operetta)
    The Firefly is the first operetta written by composer Rudolf Friml, with a libretto by Otto Harbach. The story concerns a young girl, who is a street singer. She disguises herself and serves as a cabin boy on a ship to Bermuda, where she falls in love...

     by Rudolf Friml
  • The Firefly (film)
    The Firefly (film)
    The Firefly is a 1937 musical film starring Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones. The film is an adaptation of the operetta of the same name by composer Rudolf Friml and librettist Otto A. Harbach that premiered on Broadway in 1919...

    , the 1937 film adaptation of the Rudolf Friml operetta starring Allan Jones
  • "The Firefly" (Fringe)
    The Firefly (Fringe)
    "The Firefly" is the 10th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 53rd episode overall. The episode centers on a chain of events created by Walter crossing over into the parallel universe in 1985 that has had subtle but significant effects...

    , a 2011 episode of the television series Fringe

Books

  • Firefly, a science-fiction novel by Piers Anthony
    Piers Anthony
    Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob is an English American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.Many of his books have appeared on the New York Times Best...

  • Fireflies, a memoir by David Morrell
    David Morrell
    David Morrell is a Canadian-American novelist, best known for his debut 1972 novel First Blood, which would later become the successful Rambo film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 26 languages...

  • Fireflies (novel), a 1970 novel by Shiva Naipaul
  • The Firefly, a novel by P. T. Deutermann
    P. T. Deutermann
    Peter T. "P.T." Deutermann ) is an American writer of mystery, police procedural and thriller novels.Deutermann served in the United States Navy for 26 years, earning 19 medals and decorations and retiring at the rank of captain. He served as the commander of the between 1981 and 1983...


Characters

  • Firefly (DC Comics), a Batman villain
  • Firefly (Archie Comics)
    Firefly (Archie Comics)
    The Firefly is a superhero comic book character created by Harry Shorten and Bob Wood for MLJ Comics in 1940. He first appeared in Top-Notch Comics #8. Artist Warren King and writer Joe Blair loaned their talents to many of the Firefly's installments....

    , a character in the Archie comic book universe
  • Firefly (G.I. Joe)
    Firefly (G.I. Joe)
    Firefly is a fictional character in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero universe. He is a mercenary who works for the Cobra Organization as a saboteur.-Profile:...

    , a villain in the G.I. Joe universe, member of Cobra
  • The Firefly family, a group of characters created by Rob Zombie
  • Rufus T. Firefly, a character played by Groucho Marx in the film Duck Soup

Groups/labels

  • Fire Flies
    Fire Flies
    Fire Flies were an American rock band from New York City.- General information :Formerly the Baobabs, Fire Flies met and formed in the music department at SUNY Purchase. The group describes itself as a blend of David Bowie and The Flaming Lips with a hint of hip-hop added to the mix...

    , an American rock band based in New York City
  • The Fireflies
    The Fireflies
    The Fireflies were an American doo wop group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The group formed in Philadelphia in 1957, and underwent several lineup changes over the course of their existence; its most prominent member was Ritchie Adams. The group was produced by Gerry Granahan...

    , an American doo wop group
  • Firefly Sessions
    Firefly Sessions
    Firefly Sessions is a record label based in Missoula, Montana that was founded in 2003....

    , a record label
  • Firefly (band)
    Firefly (band)
    -Current members:*F/Chief Insp. Leonardo "Popoy" Sabellina, Jr. *FO2 Richard Erichson Malamug *FO1 Rhoderick Herrera *Nowie Favila -About:...

    , the Filipino Indie rock bands

Albums/operettas

  • The Firefly (operetta)
    The Firefly (operetta)
    The Firefly is the first operetta written by composer Rudolf Friml, with a libretto by Otto Harbach. The story concerns a young girl, who is a street singer. She disguises herself and serves as a cabin boy on a ship to Bermuda, where she falls in love...

    , a 1912 operetta by Rudolf Friml
  • Firefly (Uriah Heep album), a 1977 album by British rock band Uriah Heep
  • Firefly (Emily Remler album)
    Firefly (Emily Remler album)
    Firefly was Jazz musician Emily Remler's debut album with Concord Records. Firefly was recorded in San Francisco, CA during April of 1981. Released at age 24, this was her first album as a leader. She was joined by pianist Hank Jones, bassist Bob Maize, and drummer Jake Hanna.A review by Allmusic...

    , a 1981 jazz album by band leader Emily Remler
  • Fireflies, a 1996 album by American post-hardcore band Frodus
    Frodus
    Frodus was a 1990s Washington, D.C.-based post-hardcore band, described by critics as a mixture of math rock, hardcore punk, and alternative rock. Their songs were frequently dark and dissonant...

  • Firefly (TNT album)
    Firefly (TNT album)
    The song "Soldier of the Light" was never meant for the album. It was a demo from the Realized Fantasies sessions and was put on Firefly because the Japanese record company liked it so much....

    , a 1997 album by Norwegian hard rock band TNT
  • Fireflies (Rubygrass album), 1998
  • Firefly, a 2001 album by Garnet Rogers
    Garnet Rogers
    Garnet Rogers is a Canadian folk musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He began his professional career working with his brother, folk musician Stan Rogers, and arranging Stan's music.-Career:...

  • Fireflies (Faith Hill album)
    Fireflies (Faith Hill album)
    -String section on "Paris":*Bruce Dukov, Charlie Bisharat, Darius Campo, Roberto Cani, Susaan Chatman, Mario DeLeon, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Endre Grant, Songa Lee-Kitto, Michael Markman, Robert Matsuda, Sara Parkins, Robert Peterson, Michele Richards, Anatoly Rosinsky, Josefina Vergara,...

    , a 2005 album by country artist Faith Hill


Songs

  • "Fire Fly", a song by Mike Oldfield on his 2002 Tres Lunas
    Tres Lunas
    Tr3s Lunas is a record album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It was released in 2002 with a bonus CD containing a demo program for a PC game, Tres Lunas.- Title :...

    album
  • "Firefly", a song by A*Teens on their 2001 Teen Spirit
    Teen Spirit
    Teen Spirit is the first studio album and second album overall by the A-Teens, released in 2001 by Stockholm Records.Its thirteen tracks were recorded in Sweden with new producers and hit makers Grizzly and Tysper, among others...

    album
  • "Firefly", a song by BeForU on their 2003 self-titled album
    BeForU (album)
    BeForU is the first Japanese studio album by all female J-Pop group BeForU, released in 2003.-Track listing:# チカラ – 3:12# ♥LOVE² シュガ→♥ – 3:15# DIVE – 3:41# ヒマワリ – 3:34# BABY LOVE – 4:22# LOVE♥SHINE – 3:17...

  • "Firefly", a song recorded by Tony Bennett
    Tony Bennett
    Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz....

     in 1958
  • "Firefly", a song by Breaking Benjamin on their 2004 We Are Not Alone album
  • "Firefly" (InMe song), a 2002 song released as a single by Post-Grunge band InMe
  • "Fireflies" a song by Finch on their 2005 Say Hello to Sunshine
    Say Hello to Sunshine
    Say Hello to Sunshine is the second studio album by American rock band Finch, released on June 7, 2005. This album signaled a sharp departure from the band's last release, What It Is to Burn. Say Hello to Sunshine introduced a harder, gritty sound, with more screaming and a less of a alternative...

    album
  • "Firefly" (Christina Metaxa song), the Cypriot song selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 by Christina Metaxa
  • "Firefly", a song by Saves the Day on their 2001 Stay What You Are
    Stay What You Are
    Stay What You Are is the third album release from Princeton, New Jersey, based rock band Saves the Day, released in 2001. Singles and videos from the album were "At Your Funeral" and "Freakish". At the time of the recording, Saves The Day consisted of Chris Conley, Dave Soloway, Ted Alexander, Eben...

    album
  • "Fireflies", a song by Fleetwood Mac on their 1980 album Live
    Live (Fleetwood Mac album)
    Live is a double live album released by Fleetwood Mac in 1980. It was the first live album from the then-current line-up of the band, and the next would be The Dance from 1997...

  • "Fireflies", a song by JJ Grey & MOFRO on their 2004 album Lochloosa
    Lochloosa
    Lochloosa is the second studio album by the Jacksonville, Florida based band MOFRO. The album was inspired by Lochloosa Lake, which embodies the natural part of the Florida heartland that the band often talks about in their songs.-Track listing:...

  • "Fireflies", a song by Patti Smith from her 1996 album Gone Again
    Gone Again
    Gone Again is an album by Patti Smith, released June 18, 1996 on Arista Records. The production of the record was preceded by the deaths of many of Smith's close friends and peers, including her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, her brother Todd, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Sohl and Kurt Cobain, with...

  • "Fireflies", a song by Rhett Miller on his 2006 The Believer album
  • "Fireflies" (song), a song by Owl City from the 2009 album Ocean Eyes

Aviation

  • Fairey Firefly
    Fairey Firefly
    The Fairey Firefly was a British Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm ....

    , a 1940's British, naval, reconnaissance and fighter aircraft
  • Fairey Firefly I, a cancelled, 1920's British, biplane fighter project
  • Fairey Firefly II, a 1930's British, biplane fighter
  • Firefly (airline)
    Firefly (airline)
    FlyFirefly Sdn Bhd, operating as Firefly, is a full service point to point carrier and a full subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines. Its head office is located on the grounds of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor. It claims to be the first community airline in Malaysia...

    , a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines
  • Kolb Firefly
    Kolb Firefly
    |-See also:...

     ultralight aircraft
  • MBB Lampyridae
    MBB Lampyridae
    The MBB Lampyridae, or Firefly, was a low-observable medium missile fighter developed in 1980 by the German aerospace company Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm .-Development:...

    /'Firefly' was a German stealth fighter project during the 1980s
  • Ryan AQM-91 Firefly
    Ryan AQM-91 Firefly
    -References:* This article contains material that originally came from the web article by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain.-External links:* *...

    , an American unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
  • Slingsby T67 Firefly, a British-built, light, training aircraft
  • Sikorsky Firefly
    Sikorsky Firefly
    -External links:* news release announcing the new helicopter...

    , an all-electric helicopter built for research purposes by Sikorsky Aircraft

Maritime

  • Firefly (dinghy)
    Firefly (dinghy)
    The Firefly is a two-sail, wooden or GRP sailing dinghy with no spinnaker, designed by Uffa Fox in 1938. Although designed as a double hander, it was selected as the single handed class for the 1948 Olympics but was subsequently replaced by the Finn class. The class then became popular as a double...

    , a sailing dinghy
  • HMT Firefly
    HMT Firefly
    HMT Firefly was a minesweeping trawler that saw service during the Second World War.She was built by Cook, Welton & Gemmill, of Beverley and launched on 23 August 1930. She was operated by the St Andrew's Steam Fishing Company Ltd, out of Hull....

    , a British trawler that operated between 1930 and 1961, including serving as a minesweeper during World War II

, a U.S. Navy ship, 1814 to 1816

Rail

  • Firefly, a steam locomotive operated by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad
    Orange and Alexandria Railroad
    The Orange and Alexandria Railroad was an intrastate railroad in Virginia, United States. It extended from Alexandria to Gordonsville, with another section from Charlottesville to Lynchburg...

  • Firefly (passenger train)
    Firefly (passenger train)
    The Firefly was a named passenger train of the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway. At various times, it served St Louis, Missouri, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Kansas City, Missouri, and Fort Scott, Kansas....

    , a U.S. passenger train operated by the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway
  • GWR Firefly Class
    GWR Firefly Class
    The Firefly was a class of broad gauge 2-2-2 steam locomotives used for passenger services on the Great Western Railway. The class was introduced into service between March 1840 and December 1842, and withdrawn between December 1863 and July 1879....

    , a class of steam locomotive on the Great Western Railway

Vehicles

  • Pontiac Firefly, a subcompact automobile based on the Suzuki Cultus
  • Sherman Firefly
    Sherman Firefly
    The Sherman Firefly was a World War II British variant of the American Sherman tank, fitted with the powerful British 17 pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon...

    , a British variant of the M4 Sherman military tank

Technology

  • Firefly (mobile phone)
    Firefly (mobile phone)
    Firefly is a cellphone aimed at parents to give to their children aged 5-12 years. This phone is designed to give parents peace of mind and children assurance that they can stay in touch with the people that matter most .-Layout:There are five main keys on the phone, along with several more...

    , a simplified cellphone designed for young children
  • Firefly (protocol)
    Firefly (protocol)
    Firefly is a U.S. National Security Agency public-key key exchange protocol, used in EKMS, the STU-III secure telephone, and several other U.S. cryptographic systems.-References:* RFC 2522* , USAREUR Pamphlet 380-40...

    , a security protocol used in telephony
  • Firefly (computer)
    Firefly (computer)
    The Firefly computer is a high-performance computer cluster housed at the Holland Computing Center located inside of the Peter Kiewit Institute at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.-Specifications:...

    , a supercomputer
  • Firefly Media Server
    Firefly Media Server
    Firefly Media Server is an open-source media server for the Roku SoundBridge and iTunes. It serves media files using Roku Server Protocol and Digital Audio Access Protocol .-Features:Its features include:...

    , an open source media server for the Roku SoundBridge and iTunes
  • Firefly (website)
    Firefly (website)
    Firefly Network, Inc. was founded in March 1995 by a group of engineers from MIT Media Lab and some business people from Harvard Business School, including Pattie Maes , Upendra Shardanand, Nick Grouf, Max Metral, David Waxman and Yezdi Lashkari...

    , an online community developed in the late 1990s
  • DEC Firefly
    DEC Firefly
    The Firefly was a shared memory asymmetric multiprocessor workstation, developed by the Systems Research Center, a research organization within Digital Equipment Corporation. The first version built contained up to seven MicroVAX 78032 microprocessors...

    , the first successful multiprocessor workstation architecture implementation
  • Firefly Studios
    Firefly Studios
    Firefly Studios is a computer game developer that has offices in London, England and Canton, Connecticut, with a QA department in Aberdeen, Scotland. The Company was formed in August 1999 by Simon Bradbury, Eric Ouellette and David Lester who had worked together on numerous titles such as the...

    , a London based computer game developer
  • Firefly, an Earth remote sensing application of CubeSat
  • Firefly PC Remote, a remote control by SnapStream Media
    SnapStream Media
    SnapStream Media is a privately held software company based in Houston, Texas, USA that focuses on building fluent user experiences in digital entertainment software...

     used to control Windows-based computers

Science

  • PC GAMESS/Firefly
    PC GAMESS
    PC GAMESS/Firefly is an ab initio computational chemistry program for Intel-compatible x86, x86-64 processors based on GAMESS sources. However, it has mostly been rewritten , especially in platform-specific parts , mathematic functions , and quantum chemical methods PC GAMESS/Firefly is an ab...

    , an ab initio computational chemistry
    Computational chemistry
    Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses principles of computer science to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses the results of theoretical chemistry, incorporated into efficient computer programs, to calculate the structures and properties of molecules and solids...

     software.

Organizations

  • Firefly AB
    Firefly AB
    Firefly AB is a Swedish publicly traded company in the fire safety business. Firefly designs systems for detection and prevention of fires and explosions in industrial processes. It was spun off from Defibrator AB in 1974 and has been publicly traded since 1997....

    , a Swedish manufacturer of fire and dust explosion protection systems
  • Firefly Arts Collective
    Firefly Arts Collective
    Firefly Arts Collective is a non-profit organization that facilitates the annual New England regional burner festival 'Firefly'. Firefly is a regional event inspired by the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada. Firefly is held in Vermont typically during July 4 weekend...

    , a New England regional burning event
  • Firefly Brigade
    Firefly Brigade
    The Firefly Brigade is a Philippines citizen's action group formed in 1999 to work for clean air and a habitable, people-friendly environment in our cities....

    , a Philippine environmentalist group advocating the use of bicycles
  • Firefly Communications
    Firefly Communications
    Firefly Communications is a European-based public relations consultancy, founded in 1988. The company operates six offices in six countries across Europe and employs approximately 40 people.- History :...

    , a London-based public relations consultancy
  • Firefly Tonics
    FIREFLY Tonics
    Firefly Tonics is a British producer of premium adult soft drinks made with delicious fruit juice, herbal extracts and still water. The range includes a number of drinks that feature such botanical extracts such as Green Tea, Guarana, Yerba Mate & Kola Nut....

    , an English producer of fruit juice drinks with added herbal extracts
  • Firefly Distillery, a distillery based in South Carolina that manufactures a line of vodka products
  • Firefly, a nightclub located at St James Power Station
    St James Power Station
    St James Power Station is a music and nightlife venue in the HarbourFront area of the Bukit Merah Planning Area, Singapore, near VivoCity.-History:...


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