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every summer June 10-19ish

Alberta has them on land that has not been tampered with. Pesticide's or tilling the ground. My parents property has them. Some years lots and some few. All depends on the summer I suppose.

posted by kat83 on December 5, 2023 at 1:48 PM | link to this | reply

Re: anib, we have them here in Pennsylvania nightly.

There aren't as many as there used to be, but they come out on summer nights. 

posted by Sherri_G on September 6, 2023 at 8:48 AM | link to this | reply

Sherri G

This brings me to contemplate are they already extinguished? I saw them often in the jungles that encircled our house when we were young. I didn't then see them at all now for ages.

posted by anib on September 6, 2023 at 1:31 AM | link to this | reply

We call them lightning bugs where I'm at, too. I hope we can figure out a way to save them.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on September 4, 2023 at 10:02 AM | link to this | reply

I have only seen them once. Many years ago the field was alive with them.

posted by C_C_T on September 4, 2023 at 9:27 AM | link to this | reply

Good Morning

Sherri, we call them lightning bugs and when we were young we used to catch them.

posted by Goldiec on September 4, 2023 at 8:54 AM | link to this | reply

I never saw any of them when I lived in Washington state, and was

amazed and delighted the first time I saw a night all lit up with them in this area. There are far fewer of them now, and they're only around for a short time in June these days. It's sad. Lightning bugs. 

posted by Pat_B on September 3, 2023 at 1:07 PM | link to this | reply

I never saw one here this year and I miss them.

posted by Kabu on September 3, 2023 at 12:53 PM | link to this | reply