Fire flies!!!!! Lots of em....anyone else?? Been awhile since I've seen this many.

[a kennedy]

Almost like when I was a kid…..I’m 75 now, and there are lotsa of em.

[Chipper Chat]

1. Millions - northern Indiana

But I hate when I hit them with my car.

[bamagal62]

2. I actually saw one tonight

In NYC in my little garden. I was shocked.

[electric_blue68]

9. How lovely! I'm a NYC'r, and I often saw them in grassy patches in...

Brooklyn, and The Bronx.

[Bluetus]

3. Yes, I noticed this last week.

It has been years since I have seen this many.

[a kennedy]

4. Must mean the air quality is so much better for them right?? Or something else??

Have always loved them….and it does take me back to a simpler time. Or am I mistaken about simpler times……

[Bluetus]

7. I assume they have been affected by the pesticides that have been devastating the bees

If farmers are smart, they will be using better techniques to reduce the amount of pesticides, because they need the bees as much as anybody. But in my area, about 98% of the plant farming is corn or soybeans, which need no bees.

[3catwoman3]

5. I love seeing lightning bugs!

[Sneederbunk]

6. Brings back fond memories of summers in Nebraska a long time ago.

Not to mention the locusts singing in the trees.

[electric_blue68]

8. Wonderful! Always saw them at our cousin's suburb's yard. Now

in our facility's backyard I saw them last summer! The yellow, and green ones.

I didn't see them yet a few days ago. When the heat wave breaks I'll go down and check again.
Love them! 🥰

[Emile]

10. We bought two fly traps at Menards

I hung one outside yesterday, and I bet I trapped 500+ flies in 24 hours. I'm going to hang the other one by my pond. Seriously, get one or two of these, they work great for house flies. I haven't caught the first fire fly, which is good.

https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/insect-pest-control/home-insect-control/rescue-reg-disposable-outdoor-fly-trap/ftd-db12/p-1642874269667041-c-14245.htm

[ArnoldLayne]

11. Did you mean to say Lightning Bugs?

[a kennedy]

12. Well, I think we always called them fire flies.....lightning bugs??? Interesting.

Either……I love them.

[snot]

13. During a camping trip in Arkansas many years ago,

the forest practically glittered with them – so amazing! I'd never seen more than a few at a time before.

[Luciferous]

14. Yes! I was pleasantly surprised 🙂