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Posted on 7/24/26 at 5:28 am to FLObserver
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Miss the days as a kid catching them. I have woods behind my house and would love to see them again.
We live in the suburbs northeast of Atlanta and finally saw a few in our front yard this year. I grew up in town in the 80s and we had hundreds it seemed.
I know some folks blame the pesticides or lawn chemicals we use these days, but I also wonder if it's the type of lawn. So many neighborhoods these days get sodded with Bermuda as the default. What we had back in the day was more like a fescue.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 5:48 am to Da Sheik
We get ours every June. I love them!
Posted on 7/24/26 at 6:33 am to PoppaD
Baton Rouge
I had many in my yard early summer, then they disappeared. I started seeing them again this week.
I had many in my yard early summer, then they disappeared. I started seeing them again this week.
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Posted on 7/24/26 at 6:36 am to Da Sheik
I started seeing them 2 or 3 months ago in Dallas. But I also have a yard of nothing but native plants. I had a new neighbor once tell me when she told people what Street she was moving to they all said oh, the firefly house is on that street. And that's how that porn movie started.
This post was edited on 7/24/26 at 6:40 am
Posted on 7/24/26 at 6:47 am to HoustonChick86
For anyone who wants to learn more about lightning bugs/fireflies, this is a great podcast episode. Lynn Faust has done extensive research on them and is the person who first documented the synchronous fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains. It isn't a dry interview, and is actually entertaining.
Backyard Ecology Podcast
Backyard Ecology Podcast
Posted on 7/24/26 at 7:29 am to Da Sheik
I have a kazillion in my backyard. They're starting to fade though.. Late May is when they really get going.
The trade off is I also have a kazillion ticks. I could spray the yard and woods to get rid of the ticks but I'm guessing that's why we're seeing fewer lightning bugs.
I love sitting on the back deck at night watching them with a bourbon.
The trade off is I also have a kazillion ticks. I could spray the yard and woods to get rid of the ticks but I'm guessing that's why we're seeing fewer lightning bugs.
I love sitting on the back deck at night watching them with a bourbon.
This post was edited on 7/24/26 at 7:30 am
Posted on 7/24/26 at 7:42 am to Da Sheik
Camping out on the Nantahala river on shrooms one time, and they put on a helluva show that night. Coolest shite ever. 
Posted on 7/24/26 at 8:09 am to Da Sheik
Saw a bunch at Indian Creek when I was there for the 4th
Posted on 7/24/26 at 8:49 am to PJinAtl
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I know some folks blame the pesticides or lawn chemicals we use these days,
Down here in swampy S. Louisiana, we have governmental spray for mosquito control, and it has been established that is why we also do not have any fireflies.
I've seen them in upland places further north like Ft. Payne, AL, Ft. Smith, AR, and in Tennessee outside Knoxville. Growing up, I remember seeing lots of them in Starkville MS when we lived there.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 9:27 am to NorthTxLSU
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Saw a bunch at Indian Creek when I was there for the 4th
Correct. We get a few around the lake but nothing like it was when I was a kid growing up here. As another poster mention about catching them. What a great memory of using a mason jar to catch them and see how many you could catch and watch them light up in the jar.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 11:42 am to MikeBRLA
How high the moon?
Posted on 7/24/26 at 12:39 pm to Da Sheik
My yard is covered in them in East TN. My kids catch them and have a big breathable cage thing for them. We always catch and release though.
We have a lot bats that swoop around the exact same time at night - right after dusk before it's really dark - kind of twilight time I guess.
Anyways, the bats won't touch the lightning bugs. Apparently they make them sick? So we see bats swooping for skeeters and the lightning bugs just going about their business in between. Kids can't get enough of it.
We have a lot bats that swoop around the exact same time at night - right after dusk before it's really dark - kind of twilight time I guess.
Anyways, the bats won't touch the lightning bugs. Apparently they make them sick? So we see bats swooping for skeeters and the lightning bugs just going about their business in between. Kids can't get enough of it.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 2:43 pm to Mizz-SEC
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Moon appears to shine and light the sky With the help of some fireflies I wonder how they have the power shine shine shine I can see them under the pines"
One of my favorite albums of all time. I had cancer about 13 years ago and listened to it it on the way to just about every Dr and radiation appointment. It always makes me happy.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 4:04 pm to Da Sheik
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The past few nights have been lit
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Posted on 7/24/26 at 4:17 pm to BRich
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Down here in swampy S. Louisiana, we have governmental spray for mosquito control, and it has been established that is why we also do not have any fireflies.
I've seen them in upland places further north like Ft. Payne, AL, Ft. Smith, AR, and in Tennessee outside Knoxville. Growing up, I remember seeing lots of them in Starkville MS when we lived there.
This doesn't seem like the only reason? I've lived in the florida Panhandle for 25 years and Ive never seen a single one. We had them in Auburn, AL. Seems more likely there's another reason other than Pest control? They aren't out in the country here in the panhandle or in the swamps where no one is spraying? I certainly don't doubt its vastly knocked them back, but if they were as thick as they get other places they'd certainly be in the state forests and what not where there's 100,000 acres of no pesticides?
Maybe they stop where the Hardwoods meet the Pineforests? Or something similar that's weather/ habitat related? That wouldn't explain Auburn, AL but its surrounded by Hardwoods so idk.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 4:43 pm to Da Sheik
Cern gets shut off. Days feel longer. Lightning bugs are coming back.
It all makes so much sense.
It all makes so much sense.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 5:03 pm to PJinAtl
The biggest problem for them is modern light pollution. My theory is there has been a lot of termite swarms so people were keeping outsides lights to a minimum which in turn allowed them to prosper. 
Posted on 7/24/26 at 5:05 pm to Da Sheik
Mine never left, but I have lots of trees.
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