Have you seen lightening bugs?

[Shirley Martin]

I just saw my first lightening bugs of summer a couple of nights ago. You know what that means, don't you?




You don't? Hmmm? Well, get ready to ROFLOL.



Because that means it's time for my annual lightening bugs joke.

Here it comes, ready or not.



First lightening bug....... "What are you trying to do, set the world on fire?"



Second lightening bug...... "Nope, just trying to show my ass."



You can laugh any time now.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

We have not seen them here yet this year, but if they are showing up where you live, then we should be having some anytime now, too.

 

[Mary Stetler]

It has been so cold till recently and so dry lately, I would not show up if I were a lightning bug. But this week is supposed to be big rain. If that is so, lightning bugs can come next week. I am supposed to supply cattails for people to try as wild food in a week. No rain--no cattails. I may be a failure.

 

[Ken Anderson]

Every summer as a child, but I haven't seen them here in Maine every year, althogh they appear sometimes.

 

[Marie Miller]

Too early here.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

I haven't seen them in years. Since we live in an urban area we miss a lot of the rural perks.

 

[John Brunner]

Did you hear about the lightening bug who backed into a fan? He was de-lighted!!!

I noticed a bumper crop of them last year on my property. It seems we used to see tons of them when I was a kid. I just read that light pollution disrupts their mating signals, causing population decline. And their larva need 2-3 years under undisturbed leaf litter in order to mature, so there is a loss of habitat factor.. Another place said "climate change," but without specifics (too hot/too cold/too climatey) I throw the BS flag on that stuff.

 

[Hedi Mitchell]

Not since I was six. Not even here in Ks , but then I never go out at night.

 

[John Brunner]

We had a storm go through, and I just stuck my head outside the window. There are maybe a couple of dozen of them in my back yard and a bunch more out front. I have over 50 acres and only about 5-7 of them are cleared, so there's plenty of undisturbed habitat for them out there. And I had my Dusk-to-Dawn light turned off around 2012 or so, so there's no direct light pollution.

 

[Mary Stetler]

I saw one fly our of our wood garage today, not lit. It wasn't quite big enough yet and I don't see any out tonite yet. But our weather was so weird, that's probably the problem why they are late.

 

[John Brunner]

I saw one fly our of our wood garage today, not lit. It wasn't quite big enough yet and I don't see any out tonite yet. But our weather was so weird, that's probably the problem why they are late.

It was late twilight (not quite dark) when I saw some this evening, and when I looked out later there was only a few. There are none now (11PM.) The internet says the best time to see them is between dusk and midnight. It's humid (98%) but not real hot out (70°F), so maybe that's why.

 

[Don Alaska]

They don't survive the winter here, so we only see them when we travel south.

 

[Mary Stetler]

One flew in my car before I left the farm this morning. Again Small, no lite.
It is not moist enough around to make them actually happy here.