Firefly

This pet is problematic. You see, you may find yourself killing the wrong fireflies. Be careful that the one which you are grinding actually drops it, and isn't one of the several other types of firefly in the swamp.

A good farming route for this pet is to move along the upper rim of Serpent Lake going east, starting just east of the Ogre settlements, ending at the Naga settlements, and then cycling back to the beginning. The respawn rate is decently high as well; if you take your time, you can literally constantly kill them.

It took nearly two years on and off (just my horrid luck), but I think this little peach is worth it. :3

Also, as of 3.2.2 it flies with you while mounted and keeps up even at high (310%) speeds.

This pet used to have the flavor text "Still flying..." when the pets were used as items, a quote which ironically comes from Firefly.

Sadly, now that pets are used a spells, the awesome quote is now gone.

I farmed this pet like a year ago. Some other people were farming it while I was farming so...we had to "share" the bugs. Lucky me, I'm a hunter, so I can easily "Ninja" :D :D . I think this is one of the coolest pet because it's really unique! I love the colors :) Its totally worth the time :P

For you guys that want to farm this pet, it took me 5 hours and I killed 421 bugs :)

I have such a love/hate relationship with this pet. He was just too cute not to get, but the grind about drove me nuts. 4047 kills until this guy finally dropped for me. Luckily the respawn on the bogflare needlers is pretty fast. By the time you get to the end, the ones at the beginning have already respawned. I didn't really have a lot of down time unless someone else was farming it too.

I love this little guy! :D It took me about 2 hours to farm - respawn rate is pretty good! So glad I put in the time!

I've got a love/hate relationship with this pet. This is the first rare pet I farmed, and I got pretty lucky with it. Only took about 300 kills to get it, and of course the Joss Whedon quote was super-awesome.

But oh god it makes the most insanely aggravating noise when it's out! I use Livestock to randomly summon my pets, and usually when this guy comes out, I only leave him out for a few minutes before my ears start to bleed, and back he goes.

I love this pet to death! it makes the most delicious buzzing noise ALL the time :D It's looks so cool too, and is a decent size.

I got this pet farmin while on my 80 prot warrior.... 84 kills WOOT.... now that my druid was 61 starting grinding / farming to lvl... now that i'm lvl 66... not sure what to do... Hate to buy pets.. but i love this pet.. its the BEST!

Got this after a few hours the first time I looked for it. Noticed it sells for 4000+g on my server via "autioneer". So I sold it.

Now I have been grinding on them from lvl 60-66 on a different toon and it WILL NOT drop again.

Guess I shouldn't have sold it the first time!!!

The Bogflare Needlers drop Unidentifiable Plant Parts as well, which you can use to hand in for Cenarion Expedition for a RR quest. (However, that quest only lasts until Honored. Once Revered, you can no longer hand them in.) Sadly, you cannot skin them, unlike silithids.

Be aware this pet only drops from Bogflare Needlers behind Coilfang on the little islands, I spent hours farming the wrong mob so...

The only drop pet I got without intending to, he use to have the mention: "Still Flying" as a reference to a short lived sci-fi series.

This little guy dropped for me when I wasn't even looking for him. I was just having fun setting random creatures on fire (I love being a lock) and the firefly dropped! Before that, I didn't always loot everything I killed. After getting the firefly, i loot EVERYTHING.