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Fireflies would actually be a really good addition. Maybe you could craft firefly lanterns, or kill them to get glowstone dust.
Either way, would be a very nice ambient mob for night time.

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• August 24, 2019 01:44
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  GoluckyHawk322 commented

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  • August 24, 2019 05:32
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  This would be great, if you put fireflies in a lantern and maybe dye it you could have coulerd lanterns!

   

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  Samadness03 commented

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  • August 24, 2019 20:31
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  I love this idea and was just about to suggest it myself! They would be an excellent ambient mob for nighttime. Firefly lanterns would make some unique lighting and would bring the game to life.

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  tetraflower commented

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  • August 26, 2019 06:33
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  they will be very small, but there will always be a swarm. at night they glow. they can be caught in a jar.

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  Jack Passman commented

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  • September 25, 2019 13:52
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  They should spawn in open fields or maybe even as a passive mob in the badlands

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  GenCreationist commented

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  • September 29, 2019 15:27
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  I wish they'd add fireflies in the next Bee + Bug Update, since well, fireflies are bugs too.

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  Roberto Guillermo Gael commented

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  • February 20, 2020 04:05
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  Good idea, but what if the fireflies shone and appeared at night. They would be helpful in case of a night scan. As you say, we could capture them and put them in jars to use as natural lanterns

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  PKMNmstrcass commented

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  • April 20, 2020 21:08
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  Maybe they could drop a new item like glowing goo when killed, which can be used to make a potion of glowing.

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  Wdomino commented

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  • June 08, 2020 15:01
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  Absolutly yes! And I think if they get added, it could be towards swamps to give that biome a cool atmosphere as the swamps are on purpose muddy and quite ugly but most importantly uninspiring to build in. It also could be a particle effect rather than a mob (because I look at them as the 1x1 pixel things like the current Nether biome particles), buuuuut I think you cannot catch them to be used.
  
  Would be cool if they illuminate the surrounding a little bit. Just a low level lightsource as the hover/fly with dynamic lights (as I have seen Minecraft Dungeons did that outstandingly in the Soggy Swamp section)

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  Cococamo2 commented

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  • June 10, 2020 12:05
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  it would cool to see them spawn in swamps. They should male and female versions. Put them in bottle is cool idea.

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  Adimgar commented

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  • June 10, 2020 23:05
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  This is great idea, it'll be a great visual improvement and open a whole new way to do night walks/exploring, the idea of putting them into a bottle/jar to create a firefly lantern is also great (maybe being able to put them above water).

  I'm surprised this suggestios has so few votes, it's a really good idea.

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  Uhohhotdog83 commented

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  • June 29, 2020 06:17
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  I was about the make the same suggestion.  Though i also thought about having them as a mob in a new dark dimension where they are one of the few sources of light.  Or perhaps as part of an End dimension update. 

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  Ciciperson commented

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  • July 06, 2020 13:12
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  This is a great idea and I have a suggestion for it. When you kill them you can get an item called Glow Gel. 9 Glow Gel makes a glow block, which is a light source. You can also craft Glow Gel into a firefly lamp to catch fireflies. Most light sources in Minecraft only emit light when placed, but maybe the firefly lamp will make light while in your hand. Feed your fireflies grass every so often to keep your lamp glowing bright!

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  PixelcraftMC commented

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  • July 22, 2020 19:00
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  I was about to say the exact same thing! They should add nets to catch the fireflies. I think the fireflies would be pretty small so they aren’t like the bees. Every time you swing the net a durability goes away. And if you put the “Net of Fireflies” in a crafting table you get a “Glowing Essence” but you get the net back. Nine glowing essence’s make a glow block which can be dyed.