lightning Bugs

44 massey · Jul 27, 2013

Dont know about where you live but here in ne Ne. the "lightning bugs" or "fire flies" are thicker then usual! Almost every night seems there are hundreds of them!! Anybody know of any particular reason for that!!! Not that I mind them at all rather enjoy them, remember catching them as a kid and putting them in a jar with holes in the lid and putting them beside my bed at night, they didnt last long tho!!!!

Bud Tierney · Jul 27, 2013

One of the very few things (maybe the only thing) I miss from my Chicago and suburbs childhood...

Jaden · Jul 27, 2013

They must have moved. Here in SE Nebr. we are seeing very few.

NCWayne · Jul 27, 2013

I've noticed the same thing in my area. Even more so is that there used to be a window of time in the spring when you'd see them around, and then they'd be gone, but not now. The past few years I've seen them around in the spring, and, as of the other night, am still seeing them around even though it's the middle of summer. The only thing I can guess is that with the way the seasons have been screwed up the past few years, their 'internal clocks' haven't had time to adjust to things yet.

JDB · Jul 27, 2013

Not seeing as any near Louisville

Anonymous-0 · Jul 27, 2013

Subject reminds me of a not too smart a politician around here. He was described this way. If his brains was oil he wouldn't have enough oil to oil the generator in a lightening bug's belly.

Bob · Jul 27, 2013

WAY less than usual here in north central ND.

RalphWD45 · Jul 28, 2013

Yeah Bud! I miss the lightning bugs, and the call of the Bob White quail. It seems that Washington has neither!

Mike (WA) · Jul 28, 2013

No lightning bugs here ever, but we used to have quail. Haven't seen any for years.

Fergienewbee · Jul 28, 2013

Lightning bugs have a special place and appeal to the kid in me. I saw my first ones when I was about 12 around Fi. Riley, Kansas. Dad was at summer camp and we went along on vacation. We stayed at a motel in Junction City, I think.

When the kids were little they caught fire flies while waiting for the fire work to start on the 4th.

Larry

JRSutton · Jul 28, 2013

We have them here, but I haven't noticed any change in their numbers.

They bring out the inner kid in me too.

I can never help but giggle a little when I see them - remembering back to being a kid - me and my three brothers had to share a bedroom.

We all went to bed one night - turned the light off - and suddenly my youngest brother started glowing.

He had a firefly stuck in his tighty-whities.

Four young boys in a room - you can imagine how funny we all found that.

NEKS · Jul 28, 2013

Seen very few here this summer.

IowaJohn · Jul 28, 2013

I live in western Iowa and I have to say the population is down compared to past years.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 28, 2013

very few here - NW MO

John T · Jul 28, 2013

Gotta be due to Global Warming

John T

wijim · Jul 28, 2013

We have more here in east central WI then we have in the past years.Jim

SweetFeet · Jul 28, 2013

We have tons of them this year too.

Thinking something about the weather agrees with them... either the cold, wet spring - or the recent hot, humid days.

Bob M · Jul 28, 2013

Here in western NY lightning bug population seems vary dramatically year to year.

Suspect the weather has a lot to do with it. Last year was impossibly hot and dry - we saw very few lightning bugs. OTOH this summer has been unusually wet and warm - there are hundreds of 'em just in my back yard.

Mike in Mn. · Jul 28, 2013

I think they like heat and humidity, there aren't many around here this year.

rabbit-1 · Jul 28, 2013

Seeing a few around here, not that many, but been with us most of the summer.

OH - 961 · Jul 28, 2013

Here in Ohio, they have been getting scarcer for several years. It may be partly due to the spread of housing and businesses that create more light at night with street lights and such.
We had some hot dry weather for a while, but the last week or so has been much colder and wetter than normal for this time of year also, so it is hard to tell really why the fireflys are appearing in smaller numbers.

Myron

Dr. Walt · Jul 28, 2013

I sure wish they could survive here in the desert, I'd love to see them flying around my yard. I haven't seen any since I visited the family farm in Virginia when I was 12 years old.

Doc

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