Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. Some simple landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference.
Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. Some simple landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference.
I’m actually seeing a lot more this year in my yard, and I’m wondering if it’s because I didn’t rake/mow my leaves in the fall. I’d like to say that I left the leaves on the ground for the bugs, but it was really just laziness.
I also recently got a plugin hybrid and while it is charging there’s a green light on the dash… I noticed a firefly hanging out on my windshield flashing every time my car flashed. Poor fella thought he found the largest firefly around.
Same, here in Michigan I have seen an explosion of fireflies and rabbits compared to the last few years. It’s like they are a cycle.
I had been feeling the same thing in Eastern Pennsylvania. Used to see lots of both, but last few years the lightning bugs were hardly noticeable and I hadn’t seen a rabbit in quite a bit when they used to be a regular sight in the neighborhood. But the last week or 2 there have been some nice lightning bug shows, though not as great as when I was a kid, and I’ve notices some bunnies grazing by the entrance to my road again.
I have a corner in my backyard near my compost piles that I don’t really touch.
Three years going, and I see fireflies in huge numbers.