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re: Are lightning bugs becoming rare?
Posted on 3/19/17 at 9:52 pm to Twenty 49
Posted on 3/19/17 at 9:52 pm to Twenty 49
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Light pollution by our homes, street lights, headlights, etc. screws with their ability to communicate. That and loss of habitat means you won't see many in the populated areas where most of us live. If you get way out away from electric lights and human traffic, you'll still see them.
Interestingly enough, there are a ton in the neighborhood I moved into here last year. All up in the yards. It is pretty cool and a nice surprise as I had too noticed that I never saw them like I did as a kid.
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Posted on 3/19/17 at 10:16 pm to Harpo67
quote:I bought in the tri-peaks area. We see them by the thousands. You get the Chuck Wills Widows?
I have land in the Ozarks, they're still abundant up there. A delight to watch, can't wait to move up there for good.
Posted on 3/19/17 at 11:42 pm to Brazos
We had a bunch in TX last summer for the first time in years. Suposedly due to more rain than usual.
Posted on 3/19/17 at 11:49 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Saw a lot as a kid. When I left La. In 94 I hadn't seen one in years.
Posted on 3/19/17 at 11:51 pm to Brazos
I see them a lot especially in the summer.
My neighborhood has a lot of mature trees and I have a lot of privacy hedges around my yard. Seems to attract them.
My neighborhood has a lot of mature trees and I have a lot of privacy hedges around my yard. Seems to attract them.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 12:02 am to CaptN
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I bought in the tri-peaks area. We see them by the thousands. You get the Chuck Wills Widows?
I'm on the Buffalo river just below Gilbert.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 12:05 am to Brazos
We're still loaded with them out here in my neck of the woods. We also have enough mosquitoes and gnats to pack you off at certain times of the year, as well. You take the good with the bad.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 12:09 am to Decisions
I think the combination of darkness and a lot of underbrush seems to help.
Probably better topic for the outdoor board.
Probably better topic for the outdoor board.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 1:28 am to Brazos
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Summertime as a kid I can remember seeing hundreds of lightning bugs every night.
Same here. Now I rarely see them at all.
When I was 10, we'd swat at them with wiffle ball bats.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 2:50 am to Brazos
No actual rural areas to catch them are.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:15 am to TutHillTiger
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Was a light show in woods near vicksburg Friday
I'm near Vicksburg and I went out in the woods Friday night about 10 pm. The moon wasn't out yet. It was pitch dark and they were everywhere. The most I've noticed in years.
I came back through that same stretch of woods Sat morning before daylight. The moon was out really bright, and I didn't see a single lightning bug.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:24 am to Brazos
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:43 am to lsupride87
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They have all but become extinct in BR,
You havent been to Magnolia Woods in the late spring and summer.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:46 am to Brazos
All over every night behind my house
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:49 am to Brazos
Chemtrails baw.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:59 am to Brazos
I grew up on the East Side of Houma, spent a lot of time in the woods as a kids. NEVER seen a lightning bug. First time I saw one was about 12 years ago in Houma at a friends house behind the mall. I've since seen them quite a bit.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 6:52 am to Harpo67
quote:About an 80 mile drive.
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re: Are lightning bugs becoming rare?Posted by Teddy Ruxpin ? on 3/19/17 at 9:52 pm to Twenty 49
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Light pollution by our homes, street lights, headlights, etc. screws with their ability to communicate. That and loss of habitat means you won't see many in the populated areas where most of us live. If you get way out away from electric lights and human traffic, you'll still see them.
Interestingly enough, there are a ton in the neighborhood I moved into here last year. All up in the yards. It is pretty cool and a nice surprise as I had too noticed that I never saw them like I did as a kid.
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Posted by CaptN ? ? on 3/19/17 at 10:16 pm to Harpo67
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I have land in the Ozarks, they're still abundant up there. A delight to watch, can't wait to move up there for good.
I bought in the tri-peaks area. We see them by the thousands. You get the Chuck Wills Widows?
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Posted by Celery ? on 3/19/17 at 11:42 pm to Brazos
We had a bunch in TX last summer for the first time in years. Suposedly due to more rain than usual.
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Posted by RogerTheShrubber ? on 3/19/17 at 11:49 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Saw a lot as a kid. When I left La. In 94 I hadn't seen one in years.
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Posted by member12 ? on 3/19/17 at 11:51 pm to Brazos
I see them a lot especially in the summer.
My neighborhood has a lot of mature trees and I have a lot of privacy hedges around my yard. Seems to attract them.
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Posted by Harpo67 ? on 3/20/17 at 12:02 am to CaptN
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I bought in the tri-peaks area. We see them by the thousands. You get the Chuck Wills Widows?
I'm on the Buffalo river just below Gilbert.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 7:20 am to Brazos
Come to my house in Franklin TN. We have thousands and thousands starting in late May through September.
Eta the kids love them
Eta the kids love them
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Posted on 3/20/17 at 7:32 am to ruzil
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Mosquito abatement unfortunately take the wonder that is lightning bugs with them.
This. Ever since LP stopped spraying for mosquitoes I've been seeing more and more lightening bugs.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 7:35 am to CAD703X
Lightning bugs live a year or two in the ground eating worms, grubs and slugs, then come out as a flying beetle to use their light to find a mate.
That lasts only a couple of weeks before they mate, lay eggs in the ground, and die. If you are in the house watching NCIS: Goldonna when that happens, you miss it.
Pesticides that kill grubs and such in our lawns can do them in. Floods and droughts can kill the larva in the ground and set them back too.
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That lasts only a couple of weeks before they mate, lay eggs in the ground, and die. If you are in the house watching NCIS: Goldonna when that happens, you miss it.
Pesticides that kill grubs and such in our lawns can do them in. Floods and droughts can kill the larva in the ground and set them back too.
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