Lightening Bug or Firefly
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Lightning Bug
radismukes
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Firefly
Lot of them in North Georgia. We call lighting bugs
Lee H. Mann
Gone But Not Forgotten
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Always known as "fireflies".
Lightning Bug...
We chased them a lot on my grandparents’ farm north of Georgetown TX when I was a kid.
Also had a few in San Antonio.
I agree with H Cowboy - I believe they have declined a lot - in Texas anyway...much like the Horney Toad. Hardly see those anymore - used to be plentiful.
We chased them a lot on my grandparents’ farm north of Georgetown TX when I was a kid.
Also had a few in San Antonio.
I agree with H Cowboy - I believe they have declined a lot - in Texas anyway...much like the Horney Toad. Hardly see those anymore - used to be plentiful.
From NYC......Light in bugs.......But you have to say it real fast and as one word'''
''Lightinbugs''....:laugh:.:laugh:...
Lightning bug here in PA...
Lightning bugs in Ky.
Lee H. Mann
Gone But Not Forgotten
Lightning Bug. I grew up in Ohio and they were still very plentiful even when we left for Florida 18 years ago.
Shortstop
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Not many around but they have been FireFlies to me for a lot of years.
LIGHT N BUGS :Shrug:
BillR
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Lightnin' Bugs in Virginia and around my family in Tennessee.
TN, lightin bug.
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Lightning Bugs here in east Texas, we still see a few but not like we did years ago
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Light'in bugs. I had seen many in PA and Ohio.
They are going by the way of the Dinosaurs , 20 + years ago they would light up the warm summer nights , Now its rare if i see even one or two......Bats also are gone...And it wasn't that long ago when you would hear the croaking of hundreds of Bull Frogs around the lake, Now its just a few lonely frogs calling out to each other..
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Yup, Bob hit it on the head. There around , but with climate change comes with adapting to that change.
All I can say is for some reason the west to east weather has dropped to the south west to south east. And the north east is getting a lot of south to north stuff. Seems to be a fine line from Jurzy north :Shrug:
The Atlantic Ocean is still warm , meaning Nor Easters and more than usual tropical storms are likely to hit here with this pattern , not to mention the abundance of tic’s and mosquitoes.
All I can say is for some reason the west to east weather has dropped to the south west to south east. And the north east is getting a lot of south to north stuff. Seems to be a fine line from Jurzy north :Shrug:
The Atlantic Ocean is still warm , meaning Nor Easters and more than usual tropical storms are likely to hit here with this pattern , not to mention the abundance of tic’s and mosquitoes.
They are going by the way of the Dinosaurs , 20 + years ago they would light up the warm summer nights , Now its rare if i see even one or two......Bats also are gone...And it wasn't that long ago when you would hear the croaking of hundreds of Bull Frogs around the lake, Now its just a few lonely frogs calling out to each other..
We still have a lot of tree frogs making the night noisy. And at some point crickets go crazy. Seemly multiplying by the millions. Could really do without them and let the lightning bug multiply again.
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I don't see many lightnin bugs around my place. All that fogging they used to do years ago, in the city really didn't help the species. I wish the skeeters would take the hint & die off.
I saw my first Firefly in CT about 10 years ago. Coming from Alaska it was novel. It looked like the bug in the OP. I saw my first light'ning bug (glow worm) this past summer in OH. Quite different looking except for the glow. Based on my limited experience, that picture is a Firefly.
synchronous fireflies or lightnin bugs in the Smokies
https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/fireflies.htm
https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/fireflies.htm
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