The season for lightning bugs—also known as fireflies—is beginning as warmer, more humid air spreads north across the country. These glowing insects thrive in slightly tropical environments and are a ...

If you're in a garden, meadow, park, or woodland during the summer, you might see the area light up in the evening. The magical glow in the air is likely the work of fireflies or lightning bugs — a ...

Fireflies, otherwise known as lightning bugs, are known for their ability to glow at night. According to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, fireflies are actually not flies, but are ...

Those magical summer dusk scenes we shared as children are slowly becoming extinct. Depending on where you grew up, you may call them fireflies, lightning bugs, glow bugs. They have different names, ...

It's a right of passage in Iowa: Stepping out into your backyard to see fireflies lighting up the night sky. There are more than 170 species of glowing insects known as Lampyridae in North America.

ATLANTA — Summer in Georgia brings heat, humidity, and afternoon storms — and, for many, the familiar glow of fireflies, or lightning bugs. But in parts of north Georgia, that glow isn’t as bright as ...

Lightning bug populations appear to have dramatically decreased in recent years. The author reminisces about childhood memories of catching lightning bugs in jars. Habitat loss, pesticide use, and ...

As summer heats up and humidity thickens the air, Minnesota’s annual spectacle of fireflies arrives. The flashes of greenish to yellowish light flicker at the edge of meadows and moist woods. Or you ...

The last full week of June across Indiana has been hot, humid and occasionally stormy. While the downpours have been hit or miss, the humidity has been unavoidable. Day after day, we’ve seen heat ...

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