Noticing more fireflies this summer? This could be why

Nationally and globally, firefly populations are decreasing in size. Here in Indiana, we're seeing so many this particular year. The answer is weather-based.

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Fireflies in the yard tonight. We leave the leaves, build brush piles, grow native plants, let tall grass grow in some areas and have no outdoor lights.

#Fireflies #LightningBugs #LeaveTheLeaves #DouseTheLights

Where the plants grow tall and the night is dark, we can have lightning bugs like we used to.

#LightningBugs
A trio of lightning bugs begin their evening

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I am the lightning bug whisperer.

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🇩🇪 Bilder vom letzten Jahr - anlässlich der lokal frisch eröffneten Glühwürmchen-Saison.
🇬🇧 A pictures from last year. But the local glowworms actually have begone to fly.

1: #NikonD7200 | 35mm | f/2 | 30 Sek. | ISO 200
2: #NikonD7200 | 35mm | f/1,8 | 30 Sek. | ISO 320
3: #NikonZ6III | 16mm | f/2 | 180 Sek. | ISO 100
4: #NikonD7200 | 10mm | f/3,5 | 87 Sek. | ISO 100

#Glühwürmchen #Wald #Langzeitbelichtung #Lichtspuren #Glowworm #Glowworms #LightningBugs #LightningBug #Forest #Longexposure #Lighttrails #Trails
Solstice lightning bugs

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Photinus pyralis aka the Eastern Firefly. But growing up we called them lightning bugs. Caught this one mid-takeoff. #fireflies #lightningbugs #tennessee